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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

True or False. Attorneys protect the record from inadmissible evidence, either by objecting or by moving to strike.

True or False. If a judge agrees with an objection, they overrule the objection and admit the evidence.

True or False. If a judge disagrees with an objection, they sustain the objection and exclude the evidence.

True or False. If an attorney fails to preserve the claim of error during the trial, the appeals court will NOT consider the error as a grounds for appeal.

True or False. We require attorneys to "timely" object to improper questions, because that gives opposing counsel a chance to fix their question.

True or False. We require attorneys to "timely" object to improper questions, and state the "specific grounds" for their objection, because that gives the judge a chance to make the correct ruling.

True or False. Both an objection and a motion to strike are raised when the attorney believes evidence is not admissible - timing is the only difference between the two.

True or False. Attorneys use a motion to strike BEFORE the witness answers.

True or False. Attorneys use a objection AFTER the witness answers.

True or False. A court of appeals won't consider arguments that evidence was improperly admitted during the trial, unless the attorney made an objection that was both timely and specific.

Are you ready to do the SADs on the test?

True or False: The plaintiff’s negligence is not “of consequence” in the Papa Don’s case because comparative fault is not a defense to intentional torts like battery.

When a trial judge improperly excludes addmissable evidence, the attorney should use an offer of proof to show the court of appeals what the evidence would have been.

Which of these are ways that an attorney can make an offer of proof: