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| Authored by: tknarr on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 02:47 PM EDT |
Simple, I refer to the advice I was given by an attorney about answering
questions under oath: if you can't give a true and complete answer to the
question as phrased you turn to the judge, tell him this and ask how he wants
you to proceed. Given the way the question was phrased, if "Yes, I was involved
in three." isn't a permissible answer to the question as phrased then the juror
should be asking the judge for guidance in how to answer. I've found judges are
usually sympathetic to "If I answer the question as phrased it's going to omit
things I think are relevant.". They may tell you to answer it as phrased and let
the parties take care of asking additional questions, but the parties are now on
notice that there is something that you haven't said that they need to
ask about.
Remember that you're not under oath to tell the truth. You're
under oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. His
answer may have been the truth, but it failed to be the whole truth. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 03 2012 @ 07:48 PM EDT |
Jurors (and other court parties) are told to provide the whole truth. This
means that if you are asked, "have you ever been in a car accident",
you either answer yes/no or you tell about each and every car accident that you
were involved in. Saying "once, I got hit by a car running a red
light" is not responsive if you have been involved in multiple accidents.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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