Practice question
Counsel identifies a witness and orally offers the testimony but states no evidentiary purpose. Which provision addresses the omission?
- No provision ever requires a purpose.
- Section 34 requires specifying the purpose for which evidence is offered.
- Section 35 makes every unidentified purpose conclusive.
- Only the witness may choose the legal purpose after judgment.
- A purpose is required only for foreign witnesses.
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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