Practice question
What is the legitimate objective of a corrective evidentiary reply when prior evidence has created a misleading impression?
- Punishing the opponent by introducing every possible accusation.
- Correcting the particular misleading impression through the applicable evidentiary rules.
- Eliminating all constitutional exclusions.
- Replacing the judge with counsel.
- Making all future objections impossible.
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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