70109 Study Guide - Final Guide: Voir Dire, Prior Consistent Statements And Prior Inconsistent Statements
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The court has control over the examination of witnesses s 26. Any party may examine a witness s 27. Stanoevski v r (2001) 202 clr 115 tells us that the 192 factors must be complied with, even though the legislation itself seems discretionary. Dictionary cl 2 pt 2: questioning of a witness by the party who called the witness to give evidence (usually the crown) General rule: questions cannot be leading questions s 37. Non-leading questions are open-ended and does not suggest its own answer i. e. (cid:862)ca(cid:374) (cid:455)ou esti(cid:373)ate the speed at (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the (cid:272)ar (cid:449)as tra(cid:448)elli(cid:374)g? (cid:863) Leading questions are questions that suggest a particular answer or suggest the e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e of a fa(cid:272)t i(cid:374) issue that is i(cid:374) dispute. i. e. (cid:862)the (cid:272)ar (cid:449)as speedi(cid:374)g, wasn"t it? (cid:863) Exception: the witness is deemed unfavourable with leave s 38(1) (mention s 192)
