Reply #82: They're NOT leading questions, but interesting and valid hypotheticals. [View All]

[Bake]

And while every real situation of course has other details, those in the hypotheticals posed by legerdemain may be the only details that distinguish the exampe, hence the only RELEVANT details. Courts do this all the time. Read transcripts of Sup.Ct. arguments -- that's what the justices do.

I agree with legerdemain; the legislation poses serious problems both with application and enforcement.

By the way, a leading question is one that presupposes a certain answer, e.g., "Isn't it true that on the night of X you shot and killed Mr. Purple?" THAT'S a leading question. The kind you can't use on direct examination but may use on cross examination.

Bake, Esq.