CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Court Control of Proceedings
......Objections
.........Assumes Fact Not in Evidence
............Generally
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  • Court shall exercise control over interrogation of witnesses.
  • No error in sustaining objection to D's counsel's hypo to toxicologist where it assumed facts not in evidence, but overruling D's objection to DA's hypo as DA's hypo embraced facts already in evidence.
  • "Did you know" questions assuming facts not in evidence strongly condemned.