Practice question
A party finishes all testimonial evidence, allows the opponent to begin its case, and only then claims that section 35 first called for its documentary offer after the opponent’s testimony. Is that reading correct?
- Yes, the opponent’s last witness always triggers the first party’s offer.
- Yes, every document is first offered on appeal.
- Yes, testimonial sequence never matters.
- No; the ordinary trigger is completion of the offering party’s testimonial evidence, not completion of the opponent’s case.
- No; documentary offers are forbidden altogether.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 132 sections 34–36: formal purpose, oral offers, timing of testimonial/documentary/object offers and immediate objection.
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