Practice question
A witness is asked about a previous final conviction through an otherwise proper, authorized question. The sole refusal is that admitting it is embarrassing. Which is correct?
- Only the prosecutor can answer instead
- Embarrassment creates absolute immunity from every conviction question
- Only pending accusations must be answered
- The witness may demand deletion of the conviction
- Section3 expressly requires an answer to that fact
Legal references
- A.M.19-08-15-SC, current Rule131 Section6 and Rule132 Sections3,20–22: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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