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41. What I found in Google ...

Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:48 PM

Apr 2022

A witness is termed hostile, when he gives a certain statement on his knowledge about commission of a crime before the police but refutes it when called as witness before the court during trial. The term "hostile" witness has its genesis in the Common Law.

When you have called a witness and are performing direct examination of this witness (because you believed they would testify as a favorable witness) but they start changing their story and are not cooperating, you may request permission to treat the witness as an adverse witness (aka 'hostile'). This allows the attorney to cross examine the witness.

If the Judge accepts your assertion that the witness is hostile to your case, you are permitted to 'lead' the witness with questions like, 'isn't it true that the light was red when you first observed the blue car?' If the witness is not 'hostile' the lawyer is not permitted to 'lead' the witness, i.e., to suggest the answer to the question...

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Judge declares Marjorie Taylor Green a hostile witness [View all] RKP5637 Apr 2022 OP

Hold her in contempt unless she takes the fifth JohnSJ Apr 2022 #1

I sure do. n/t Harker Apr 2022 #16

+++ JohnSJ Apr 2022 #19

I wish the plaintiffs lawyer had better anticipated how unresponsive MTG would be. JMCKUSICK Apr 2022 #2

Agree - She needs to be nailed down packman Apr 2022 #5

I'd bet she's been nailed down several times to get where she is. oldsoftie Apr 2022 #64

Hostile. That's an understatement CurtEastPoint Apr 2022 #3

That's good news housecat Apr 2022 #23

How does this help the plantiffs? Thx in advance uponit7771 Apr 2022 #38

It doesn't. It's just posturing. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #46

thx !! uponit7771 Apr 2022 #49

Plaintiff can ask leading questions with yes/no responses as in cross-examination housecat Apr 2022 #59

There should also be a Snotty witness classification. I don't what they would do with that, but brewens Apr 2022 #40

havent been watching as i dont want to throw my computer out the window. AllaN01Bear Apr 2022 #4

I watched her for a few minutes, but couldn't bear listening to her whiny voice or looking at her sop Apr 2022 #6

"Primitive face" -- perfect word choice for a sense KPN Apr 2022 #10

With those dead, black eyes. brush Apr 2022 #18

Those beady little eyes really bug me. ShazzieB Apr 2022 #26

Same here. She has no boundries, calls the President of the United States... brush Apr 2022 #28

She is ugly inside. She was hit with a big ugly stick Emile Apr 2022 #30

I think she wasn't born this way. She was groomed to be a racists bitch. LakeArenal Apr 2022 #58

I feel the same way about her. It's the same way with Trump. smirkymonkey Apr 2022 #52

She looks similar to many forensically recreated Neanderthals. n/t Harker Apr 2022 #14

Neanderthals were better than that soldierant Apr 2022 #22

Purely a physical resemblance. Harker Apr 2022 #24

We simply don't know why Neanderthals disappeared speak easy Apr 2022 #44

Yes! That's what I see! housecat Apr 2022 #25

She doesn't have the requisite brow ridge. ShazzieB Apr 2022 #27

She looks like a bull terrier. Patterson Apr 2022 #31

Gads. Harker Apr 2022 #32

So glad this terrible person is in the hot seat Catherine Vincent Apr 2022 #7

Keep turning up the heat! calimary Apr 2022 #8

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2022 #9

Can they put the Hannibal Lechter mask on her to protect everyone? twodogsbarking Apr 2022 #11

She's probably not vaccinated either... MontanaMama Apr 2022 #29

She does, doesn't she!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2022 #34

Well, I guess... 3825-87867 Apr 2022 #12

Do we have the wherewithal to hold her accountable for her speech and actions fomenting violence? Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #13

Way way too much lenience IMO. It's damn bizarre. But catch a kid with a little pot RKP5637 Apr 2022 #33

Kinda like fiddling while Rome burns. And yes, there's a good example of two tiered justice. Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #50

I vaguely recall a situation, widely reported, where a victim was shot dead at empedocles Apr 2022 #15

I vaguely recall a situation, widely reported, years back, where a victim was shot dead at empedocles Apr 2022 #17

WHAT A PRECEDENT! Kid Berwyn Apr 2022 #20

MTG is a Hostile EVERYTHING Swamp Snob Apr 2022 #21

With any luck and she keeps spitting venom, next up, contempt of court sarge43 Apr 2022 #35

That, would be great! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2022 #36

K&R Solly Mack Apr 2022 #37

Any consequences for being an adverse/hostile witness? spanone Apr 2022 #39

What I found in Google ... live love laugh Apr 2022 #41

Thank You. spanone Apr 2022 #42

You're welcome I was wondering the same thing. live love laugh Apr 2022 #43

Generally correct, but not applicable here. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #47

She was in contempt of court by not answering questions. I thought the judge Emile Apr 2022 #45

She's not in contempt until the judge declares her in contempt. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #48

Thus proving this judge was bias. Thank you Emile Apr 2022 #51

It actually doesn't prove the judge was biased. Ms. Toad Apr 2022 #60

Well I see it and you don't. We'll leave it that! Emile Apr 2022 #61

I think this strategy may backfire Casady1 Apr 2022 #53

So what strategy is correct? Do nothing Emile Apr 2022 #55

Gangrene is full of BlueWavePsych Apr 2022 #54

Watching that ugly person squirm was very entertaining. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #56

I would like to remind moron traitor greene that, in December of 2020, she was not niyad Apr 2022 #57

Any day we can get a fascist to squirm on the hot seat is a good day. Hotler Apr 2022 #62

She's hostile to the English language Dukkha Apr 2022 #63