CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Court Control of Proceedings
......Objections
.........Ambiguous
4 Cards On This Topic:
  • D's ambiguity objection to D's statement: "In my country, I do this, no problem, I go home tonight" concerned only weight of evidence, not admissibility, which does not require complete unambiguity.
  • "To your knowledge" questions are not ambiguous; they reiterate basic principle that questions may not be answered absent personal knowledge.
  • Objection to vague and ambiguous question properly sustained.
  • Objection to question which is so general that court cannot determine whether answer would be pertinent properly sustained.