CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Court Control of Proceedings
......Objections
.........Asked & Answered
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  • Court shall exercise control over proceedings to make interrogation rapid, distinct and effective, and to protect witnesses from undue harassment or embarrassment.
  • Court shall exercise special care to protect witness under age of 14 or dependent person with substantial cognitive impairment from undue harassment or embarrassment.
  • Witness cannot be reexamined re same matter without leave of court. Leave may be granted or withheld in court's discretion.
  • No error in admitting evidence D2 not employed and staying with D1 and that D1’s wife might have shown him wedding album with photos of her relative, whom he later targeted for murder; asked & answered objection not appropriate.
  • Trial court erred in sustaining "asked and answered" objection where actual question not asked in lengthy cross-exam.
  • Where question asked and answered in manner which indicates that no different answer could probably be given, trial ct. not bound to have question uselessly repeated.
  • Objection properly sustained to question which was mere repetition of one previously asked and answered.
  • Court must not permit repetitive questions where purpose is to make case more complicated for jury, rather than elicit facts.
  • Question previously asked permitted where purpose to obtain more complete explanation of witness' knowledge.


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