Solve the equation. 12(d−7)−83(2d−5)=712 A. d=1758 B. d=−1758 C. d=2917 D. d=−2917  

What didn’t Wang Peng say about winter in California? 

A leading question is one that suggest to the witness the answer desired by the examiner. Rule 611(c) of the Federal Rules of Evidence generally prohibits the use of leading questions on direct examination. There are, however, some exceptions to that rule. Which of the following would be a permissible instance of using leading questions on direct examination?

Federal trial judges have a great deal more discretion to control trials than do many state judges.

In a lawsuit involving a contract, at issue is whether a plaintiff provided a defendant with required notice at the defendant’s office “in the state capital.” The plaintiff introduced evidence that he gave notice at the defendant’s office in a certain city in the state where the court sits. Although the city is indeed the state’s capital, the plaintiff failed to offer proof of that fact. Which of the following statements is most clearly correct with respect to possible judicial notice of the fact that the city is the state’s capital?

On the issue of whether anyone had recently crossed a snow-covered bridge, the testimony of a witness that he saw human footprints in the snow on the bridge would be direct evidence.

Although lawyers are generally prohibited from asking leading questions during direct examination, Rule 611(c) permits leading question when necessary to “develop the witness’s testimony.”

Barry is on trial for possession of heroin with intent to sell.  The prosecutor proves that Barry was caught in possession of sixty small baggies of heroin.  The prosecutor asks the judge to take judicial notice of the fact that anyone with sixty bags of heroin intends to sell the heroin because that amount is far more than anyone would personally use.   Should the judge take judicial notice of this fact?

An eyewitness to an accident testified that the defendant went through a red light and crashed into the plaintiff’s car. The defendant produced a witness who testified that he had known the eyewitness for 10 years and that, in his opinion, he was a pathological liar. On cross-examination, the plaintiff’s attorney asked the witness if he had filed a fraudulent income tax return the previous year.How should the trial judge rule on the question?

On the issue of whether anyone had recently crossed a snow-covered bridge, the testimony of a witness that he saw a man crossing would be circumstantial evidence.