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Answer by Harper - Reinstate Monica for What remedies can a witness use to...

Court contains two parties. You look dead square at the other counsel and go "HELP!" in whatever way you can signal that.They write a note.At appropriate time, they say "Redirect, your honor"."Go...

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The defendant in Bronston v. United States, 409 U.S. 352 told a partial truth but not the whole truth, and got away with it. The crucial feature of his testimony is that he only answered part of the...

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"The whole truth" is part of a formulaic phrase which has been operationalized to mean merely "don't commit perjury."A witness simply answers the questions asked and is not permitted to go further.The...

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Hypothetical:A witness took an oath to tell the whole truth. The adversarial cross-examiner abruptly cuts off the witness's testimony in the middle of a statement, leaving the train of thought...

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