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Ms. Toad

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15. Did her response answer the question asked?

Reply to ecstatic (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:39 PM

Mar 2021

If not, it is non-responsive to the question (whether it is an accurate sentiment or not).

Attorneys ask very specific questions - and those questions are not (in the rules of the court) permission to answer some other question.

As long as the question follows the rules (and this one did), defense counsel is entitled to ask it - and is entitled to have it (and not a different question) answered.

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Judge Cahill needs to be replaced [View all] ecstatic Mar 2021 OP

Cahill is a very experienced judge with a long-standing reputation for fairness Ocelot II Mar 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2021 #2

Cahill doesn't need fifteen minutes of fame. He's a well-respected judge Ocelot II Mar 2021 #3

The defense asked if people were swearing ecstatic Mar 2021 #4

Did her response answer the question asked? Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #15

I have not had that impression mcar Mar 2021 #5

also the defense tried to lessen or keep out a lot of the information from IcyPeas Mar 2021 #6

ok. Maybe I need to catch up with all the rest of the testimony ecstatic Mar 2021 #8

As I really, Argumentative" testimony has a specialc legal meaning.. Dream Girl Mar 2021 #7

People are learning in real-time what actually goes on in a trial, and it ain't like on TV. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #9

It's a great opportunity for the public to see how trials really work. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #10

I've testified in court and you couldn't be more right. Phoenix61 Mar 2021 #11

I'd like a lawyer type to weigh in, but here is my read: rgbecker Mar 2021 #12

Without knowing more about this, I would think that the statements Ocelot II Mar 2021 #13

I'm a lawyer and I can't stand watching a legal type show. Solomon Mar 2021 #16

Sounds like my dad. TV trials drove him nuts. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #17

Nope. Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #14

But... WAS she argumentative? WarGamer Mar 2021 #18