During Atticus Finch's cross-examination of Mayella Ewell, he breaks off, has defendant Tom Robinson stand and catch an object with his right hand as a demonstration, and asks him to explain (not under oath) why he can't catch the object with his left hand; Atticus then resumes his cross-examination of Mayella. In a real trial, a lawyer can't examine two witnesses simultaneously; if he tried to do so, the opposing lawyer would successfully object to it. Moreover, if a defendant were to testify, as Tom Robinson effectively did (even if from the defense table, not under oath), the prosecutor would object, and could insist on cross-examining the defendant under oath.
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