Practice question
A witness volunteers a nonresponsive prejudicial accusation before counsel can object. The adverse party asks to strike it and, if needed, explain the actual limited matter through proper examination. Is that approach preferable to asserting an automatic right to retaliate with unlimited inadmissible accusations?
- No, unlimited retaliation is mandatory.
- Yes; the court can address the improper answer and permit appropriate bounded clarification under the applicable rules.
- No, volunteering an accusation makes it conclusive.
- No, the judge loses control once an answer is spoken.
- Yes, but all unrelated material must also be admitted.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 128 sections 3–4; Rule 132 sections 6–7, 17 and 39: limits on corrective reply, clarification, completeness and striking improper testimony.
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