AugustWest
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That doesn't absolve the witness of the responsibility to answer the question. Nor does it give a prosecutor the power to instruct them not to answer.And if they have none, having to do with the way you structured the question posed to them? To answer "yes" or "no" might not be accurate and elaborating just supposition. Lawyers try to play word games all the time with witnesses. IMO
There is another option; the answer "I don't know."