Mock Trial Objections

In a case about a stolen car, a lawyer asks a witness about his/ her favorite restaurant. An attorney objects and says

• Irrelevance

• Leading question

• Heresay

• Argumentative

In a case about a stolen car, a witness states, "She must have known the person if she got into the car with him/her." An attorney objects and says

• Leading question

• Speculation

• Argumentative

• Sustained

Were you home the night of January 15? Did you leave your house the night of January 15? Did you return home that evening? When were you home on January 15? This would be an example of what type of objection?

• Irrelevant

• Asked and answered

• Speculation

• Non-responsive

When a judge agrees the question did not relate to the case, he/she would say objection

• sustained

• overruled

• Invalid

• case dismissed

A question that assumes an answer or leads the witness to answering in a prescribed way.

• Objection: Leading Question

• Objection: Beyond the Scope

• Objection: Relevance

• Objection: Prejudical

My friend told me that she saw him leave his house at 10:00.

• Leading question

• Heresay

• Overruled

• Non-responsive

A question that assumes an answer or leads the witness to answering in a prescribed way.

• Objection: relevance

• Objection: hearsay

• Objection: leading question

• Objection: opinion

• Objection: speculation

Someone’s idea of what might have happened is not allowed

• Objection: relevance

• Objection: hearsay

• Objection: leading question

• Objection: opinion

• Objection: speculation

Something a witness may have heard about, but did not hear or see firsthand.

• Objection: relevance

• Objection: hearsay

• Objection: leading question

• Objection: opinion

• Objection: speculation

Witnesses are to stick to the facts. Unless witnesses qualify as experts, what they think about those facts, is not acceptable as evidence.

• Objection: Relevance

• Objection: Hearsay

• Objection: Opinion

• Objection: Speculation