If an outside material objection is raised, what must the team show?

If an outside material objection is raised, what must the team show?

• A. The team must stop presenting all information
• B. The team must show where in the materials the information is sourced
• C. The court will decide the objection
• D. The witness must testify to memory only

Answer: (B)

When a witness relies on information from sources outside the record, you must establish exactly where that information comes from within those materials. The team needs to point to the specific location—such as a page, section, or paragraph—so the court can verify the origin and reliability of the information. This pinpointing provides the foundation the judge needs to decide whether the outside material can be admitted, limited, or excluded. Without showing where in the materials the information is sourced, the objection blocks the basis for admitting that material. The other ideas—stopping all information, waiting for the court to decide without a concrete source, or requiring the witness to testify only from memory—don’t address the essential requirement: giving the precise source within the outside materials.

When a witness relies on information from sources outside the record, you must establish exactly where that information comes from within those materials. The team needs to point to the specific location—such as a page, section, or paragraph—so the court can verify the origin and reliability of the information. This pinpointing provides the foundation the judge needs to decide whether the outside material can be admitted, limited, or excluded. Without showing where in the materials the information is sourced, the objection blocks the basis for admitting that material. The other ideas—stopping all information, waiting for the court to decide without a concrete source, or requiring the witness to testify only from memory—don’t address the essential requirement: giving the precise source within the outside materials.