# Court trial tactic question - "Objection!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-trial-tactic-question-objection/1000745>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-trial-tactic-question-objection/1000745 "2024-04-25T15:51:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-trial-tactic-question-objection/1000745/41 "2024-05-04T02:52:54Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> I know, it’s hard to believe. It’s almost as if it’s two professionals doing a job

I was doing a civil trial a few years ago (yeah, I know I’ve said I don’t do trials, but this one was unavoidable). Went pretty well, and afterwards my expert witness, a doctor, commented on how polite it all had been.

“You were expecting _Law & Order_?” I asked.

He looked a bit embarrassed and said “sort of.”

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-trial-tactic-question-objection/1000745/42 "2024-05-05T04:16:41Z")

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> [@flurb](#):
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> Are you telling me that attorneys don’t routinely leaping out of their seat and yell an outraged, “OBJECTION, your Honor!” and then engage in a shouting debate with opposing counsel in front of the jury?

Of course not. The other attorney continues to present their case preventing the judge from ruling on your objection for the moment.

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-trial-tactic-question-objection/1000745/43 "2024-05-05T04:34:45Z")

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That’s more “A Few Good Men” than L&O, but yes, according to TV that’s a valid technique. Especially since the judge is now somehow _required_ to allow the witness’s self-incriminating answer.

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