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TRIAL

JURY SELECTION

JUDGE OPENS PROCEDINGS EVERYBODY IN COURT GETS SWORN IN UNDER OATH MAKES STATEMENTS ABOUT THE TRIAL, etc…

OPENING STATEMENTS PROSECUTION ALWAYS GOES FIRST

OPENING STATEMENTS VITAL FOR LAWYERS TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE OPENING TO SET UP THEIR CASES AND GET THE ATTENTION OF THE JURY

DIRECT QUESTIONING OF WITNESSES PROSECUTION GOES FIRST. WITNESSES ARE ASKED ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW OR DID. EXPERT WITNESSES GIVE OPINIONS ABOUT FORENSICS, HEALTH, OR OTHER SUBJECTS CONNECTED TO THE CRIME.

CROSS EXAMINATION OPPOSING LAWYER GETS THE OPPORTINITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE OTHER SIDE’S WITNESS. ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT OR SHOW INCONSISTENCY IN TESTIMONY OFTEN FEISTY AND COMBATIVE

EVIDENCE EYE WITNESS- What people claim they saw PHYSICAL EVIDENCE – Real things, objects, etc FORENSIC EVIDENCE- Blood, body fluids, DNA CIRCUMSTANTIAL- Facts that are used to infer behaviors of accused persons

CLOSING ARGUMENTS

JURY INSTRUCTIONS JUDGE GIVES JURY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD GO ABOUT DELIBERATING THE CASE, AND WHAT SORTS OF THINGS ARE ALLOWED AND NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW. CASE SPECIFIC.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE JURY

JURY DELIBERATES

VERDICT