To: fuzzylogic
A hostile witness means that a lawyer is allowed to ask leading questions.
Instead of asking a question like "On what date did you observe the defendant..." the lawyer is allowed to ask "Didn't you see the defendant on Monday the 3rd at 4:00am..."
-PJ
48 posted on
02/28/2024 6:27:53 AM PST by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Political Junkie Too; Mr Rogers
Thank you for the clarification, makes sense.
67 posted on
02/28/2024 8:07:36 AM PST by
fuzzylogic
(welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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