1. TRIAL

2. JURY SELECTION

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

4. OPENING STATEMENTS
PROSECUTION ALWAYS GOES FIRST

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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. CLOSING ARGUMENTS

10. 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.

11. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE JURY

12. JURY DELIBERATES

13. VERDICT