EVIDENCE - PRESERVING OBJECTIONS

True or False. The Judge normally decides the facts in a jury trial:

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

The JURY decides the facts in a jury trial.

True or False: Juries normally decide the facts of the case - like “did the plaintiff run a red light?”

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: Judges normally tell the jury what the facts of the case are.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False: Judges normally point out when an attorney tries to do something that the rules of evidence prohibit.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

OPPOSING COUNSEL is responsible for objecting when an attorney does something that violates the rules of evidence.

Whose job is it to protect the record from inadmissible evidence?

• Judge

• Jury

• Attorneys

• None of these

______ are required to make objections that are timely and specific.

• Judge

• Jury

• Attorneys

• None of these

If the _____ sustains an objection, the evidence is excluded.

• Judge

• Jury

• Attorneys

• None of these

If the _____ overules an objection, the evidence is admitted.

• Judge

• Jury

• Attorneys

• None of these

It is the job of the ____ to decide the facts of the case in a jury trial.

• Judge

• Jury

• Attorneys

• None of these

It is the job of the ____ to rule on objections.

• Judge

• Jury

• Attorneys

• None of these