By: Ardis E. Parshall - May 30, 2017 “Objection, your Honor! Assumes facts not in evidence!” “Hearsay, your Honor.” “Objection – calls for speculation.” Any of us who have watched or read courtroom dramas are familiar with attorneys objecting either to a question asked by opposing counsel or to testimony offered by the witness. There are rules, after all, to the way evidence is presented in court, reached after centuries of...
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