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What are you hiding?

By Shawn Matlock

No matter how we try to explain to jurors that when we object we aren't necessarily trying to hide something from them, the truth of the matter is we probably are. Not that that's a bad thing. I mean a lot of stuff the jury shouldn't hear about anyway. It doesn't matter. Most jurors assume we are hiding something. I'm sure there are any number of theories out there on how to handle objections, both making them and responding to them. I don't think there is a general rule of thumb though. For the most part, most of the objections we could make, we don't. Unless the answer is something we don't want, we don't object unless it's to piss off the prosecutor. As defense attorneys, we tend to learn to try cases differently. Prosecutors are taught to object on a legal basis...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on February 23, 2008 (boomark / email).