CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Method of Exam: Cross-Exam
......Refusal to Answer
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D's direct exam testimony may be stricken when he refuses to answer questions on cross examination.

If court determines in advance that witness will refuse to answer key questions on cross-exam, court may decline to admit testimony in first instance.

No abuse of discretion for the trial ct. to strike D's entire direct testimony from the record where D refused to submit to any cross-examination and D's rationale for refusal was frivolous.