An example of a leading question is the sentence: 'You went back to the police station after speaking with the victim, didn't you?'.

• A. You went back to the police station after speaking with the victim, didn't you?
• B. Were you at the scene that night?
• C. Did you tell the police about what happened?
• D. Is it true that you spoke with the victim?

Answer: (A)

Leading questions push the witness toward a particular answer by embedding an asserted fact in the question and then seeking confirmation, often with a tag like “didn’t you?” This sentence does exactly that: it states a sequence of events—going back to the police station after speaking with the victim—and then asks for confirmation, steering the witness toward a yes. That presupposition makes it leading.

The other questions are neutral inquiries that seek information without pre-asserting a fact. Asking whether the person was at the scene, whether they told the police, or whether they spoke with the victim simply requests an answer about what happened, without supplying an assumed fact for the witness to confirm.