***PLEASE DO NOT USE AI***

state the objection (or why there is not an objection and thus why the questions are proper) to the following questions asked in a trial. Each response should be lengthy.

An introduction and conclusion should be included

1. "What did the defendant say when they put the gun in your face?"
2. "What did Mary tell you she saw?" (Mary is not a witness or defendant in the case.)
3. "Doctor, what do the records of your colleague say about how they treated the patient?" (Records have not been admitted in the case.)
4. "Do you believe what the defendant said to you?"
5. "Did the defendant tell you that they did this in self-defense?"

a. Asked by the prosecutor.

b. Asked by the defense attorney.

6. "Your Honor, on behalf of the defense, we offer the defendant's sworn statement to the police."

7. "State offers the prior convictions of the defendant for felony driving while intoxicated."

a. In a murder trial where the defendant does not testify.

b. In the punishment phase of a trial.

c. To impeach and cross-examine a testifying defendant.

Include at least three scholarly references in multiple in-text citations throughout all responses.