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BRACING PRESUMPTIONS AND SHIFTING BURDENS

โ€œIn that direction,โ€ the Cat said, waving its right paw round, โ€œlives a Hatter, and in that direction,โ€ waving the other paw, โ€œlives a March Hare. Visit either you like: theyโ€™re both mad.โ€ โ€œBut I donโ€™t want to go among mad people,โ€ Alice remarked.โ€œ

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hearsay objection

Objection: Hearsay

There you are, client on the witness stand, jury in the box, story being told on direct exactly the way you prepared her, things going just swimmingly. And then opposing counsel stands and utters those two lovely wordsโ€ฆ”Objection, hearsay.”  Huh?

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