Why didn't you do something?" Before the lieutenant could answer, prosecution lawyers objected and the objection was sustained.
When Mr. Seidemann asked a former nurse who used to sing the song to Mrs. Astor to explain what type of song it was, the defense objected and the objection was sustained.
Alternately gnawing his gavel and banging it, he swaggers around the stage spouting ludicrous commands ("I object to your interruption and my objection is sustained!") and lewd innuendos ("They don't call me the 'Hangin' Judge' just because I'm well built!").
The objection was sustained.
Late in the trial, as the plaintiffs' lawyer, Alan Fuchsberg, realized that it was going badly, he tried to suggest that the low salt level cited by the medical examiner should have been urgently treated, but a defense objection was sustained.
Each objection was sustained by Perry and Anthony was eventually allowed to step down following a brief sidebar between the judge and the attorneys.
On Wednesday, Mr. Muhammad's lawyers conducted far more extensive and aggressive cross-examinations of prosecution witnesses than he did, and they raised far more objections, many of which were sustained.
Miraculously, the improvements were sustained.
Aides to Mr. Armey and Mr. Gephardt said any objection was unlikely to be sustained by both houses in a Congress so divided.
