All objection scenarios
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Officer reads from a colleague's incident report
Protective-order hearing. The responding officer is on the stand. The petitioner's attorney now hands him another officer's supplemental report.
Hearing transcript
- 01Q:Officer Cruz, can you read aloud what Officer Patel wrote in the supplemental report about what happened after you left the scene?
Question
What is the strongest objection?