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friendly witness

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A quick definition of friendly witness:

A friendly witness is someone who comes to court to help you. They will answer questions that help your case, but you cannot ask them mean or tricky questions. If they say something that hurts your case, you can ask the judge to let you ask them mean questions. But until then, you have to be nice to them. Sometimes, the judge might let you ask them a question to help them remember something.

A more thorough explanation:

A friendly witness is someone who is called to testify on your behalf in court. This person is expected to provide evidence that supports your case and should answer questions truthfully. However, you cannot cross-examine a friendly witness, which means you cannot ask them questions that challenge their testimony or credibility.

For example, if you are on trial for a crime, you may call a friend who witnessed the incident to testify as a friendly witness. This person would answer questions about what they saw and heard, but you would not be allowed to ask them questions that suggest they are lying or mistaken.

If a friendly witness testifies in a way that hurts your case, you can ask the judge to declare them a hostile witness. This means that you can begin to cross-examine them with leading questions, which are questions that suggest the answer you want to hear. However, you can only do this if the judge agrees to the request.

For example, if your friend testifies that they saw you commit the crime, you may ask the judge to declare them a hostile witness. This would allow you to ask leading questions that suggest they may be mistaken or lying.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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