After re-direct examination, which party may ask further questions, and what is the scope?

After re-direct examination, which party may ask further questions, and what is the scope?

• A. After re-direct, the direct examiner may ask anything
• B. After re-direct, the cross-examining attorney may ask additional questions, limited to the scope of issues raised by opposing counsel on re-direct
• C. After re-direct, cross-examination questions are never allowed
• D. After re-direct, no further questions are allowed

Answer: (D)

Redirect is used to address and clarify issues that came up during cross, with the focus limited to those topics. Once redirect is finished, this framework treats the examination of that witness as concluded, so no further questions by either side are allowed. The other options would let additional questioning occur beyond redirect or by the wrong party, which this test’s rules do not permit.

Redirect is used to address and clarify issues that came up during cross, with the focus limited to those topics. Once redirect is finished, this framework treats the examination of that witness as concluded, so no further questions by either side are allowed. The other options would let additional questioning occur beyond redirect or by the wrong party, which this test’s rules do not permit.