- Impeachment of Own Witness – Under the federal rules, any party may impeach any witness.
-- Exam Tip --When a question involves a party impeaching his own witness, be sure to avoid the following WRONG ANSWER CHOICES reflecting the traditional rule, which prohibits impeaching your own witness unless the witness:
- Is an adverse party or identified with an adverse party--
- Is hostile and affirmatively uncooperative--
- Is one who the party is required by law to call; or --
- Gives surprise testimony that is affirmatively harmful to the party calling him --