As I stated in an earlier article about guns, do not rely on Hollywood for gun knowledge as 80% of what you see isn’t true. The are just talented in bending the truth to appeal to your emotion. Here are three most popular myths about lawyers in Hollywood movies or television shows.
They handle one case at a time
Films or television shows that have trials almost always focus on one specific case. For the lawyers in these films, this particular case is always made out to be the main focus of the lawyer or team of lawyers, engulfing every aspect of their life. While some cases do require a significant amount of attention due to their wideness, so many lawyers in real life take on various cases at once and have spread out their attention over each case.
Time frame of court case
When hollywood films are depicting legal battle or court cases often have issues that are decided mere minutes after the end of arguments made in front of a judge or jury. However, the timeframe for obtaining legal decisions often takes a much longer time and process in the real world.
Objection your honor!
The Bollywood movie counterpart of this is “objection my lord”. This is what most TV lawyers say when they want to issue a formal protest in favor of their client during a trial.
When a lawyer says “objection” during court, he is telling the judge that he thinks his opponent violated a rule of procedure. A judge can rule one of two ways: she can either “overrule” the objection or “sustain” it. When an objection is overruled it means that the evidence is satisfactory and the opponent can go on with his questioning. However, if it is sustained then the opponent must stop questioning and presenting evidence. In the real world, things don’t play out like that. Usually, an attorney would need to elaborate on the objection. That line never failed in giving me major goosebumps whenever I heard it in some old Nigerian movies.
