Author Question: Under the federal rules, every witness is considered competent except: a. judges and lawyers in ... (Read 56 times)

PhilipSeeMore · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

Under the federal rules, every witness is considered competent except:

a. judges and lawyers in the cause.
b. judges and jurors in the cause.
c. jurors and lawyers in the cause.
d. children or the mentally ill.

Question 2

Wally Witness was doing great through cross-examination until opposing counsel asked him how he had come to the conclusion that the defendant was at fault. He responded, Because Polly Plaintiff's lawyer told me so. To fix it:

a. the attorney must rehabilitate Wally.
b. the judge will instruct the jury to disregard the comment.
c. the attorney will make it clear that it wasn't really what Wally meant.
d. It won't get fixed.