Does the court sustain objections to questions asked by defense counsel in cross-examination?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Propp, 235 Cal.App.2d 619, 45 Cal.Rptr. 690 (Cal. App. 1965):

Defendants refer to seven instances in which the [235 Cal.App.2d 630] court sustained objections to questions asked by defense counsel in cross-examination. All of the objections were properly sustained as the questions were either argumentative, speculative, or called for the opinions and conclusions of the witness. Defendants contend that by sustaining the objections the court prevented them from 'ascertaining the arresting officers' true state of mind relative to facts surrounding the search and seizure.' In every instance when the questions were properly put in this respect they were answered. Reading the 669 pages of transcript of testimony as a whole it is evident that counsel were allowed a wide latitude of cross-examination. This was proper. (People v. Watson (1956) 46 Cal.2d 818, 827, 299 P.2d 243.)

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