Practice question
A lawyer invokes the one-day examination rule to say a witness’s direct examination alone completes the requirement while cross-examination is routinely deferred for months without justification. Which is correct?
- Direct examination alone is expressly full examination in every case
- The rule speaks of fully examining the witness in one day
- Cross-examination is abolished by continuous trial
- Only the prosecutor may ask questions
- The rule concerns the filing of affidavits alone
Legal references
- A.M.15-06-10-SC, Revised Guidelines for Continuous Trial of Criminal Cases, April25,2017, itemsI andIII.13(d),13(f),14–15; primary text: https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/20516
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