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How to Prepare for Trial: Step Three

(Step one was here, step two was here.)Perhaps I got a little carried away at the end of step two, when I wrote that the next step would be to formulate the opening argument, the cross-examination and so forth.Before you can do that, you need to put some serious thought into your theory of the case: What are you trying to convince the jury of? Are you conceding it happened, but it wasn't your client that did it? Are you saying it never happened? Are you convincing the jury that someone is lying or mistaken? And if so, who?I think the biggest mess a defense attorney can get themselves into is not knowing their theory of the case.If your goal is to prove, for example, that the victim lied and she wasn't robbed, your line of questions will be different if your goal is prove that the victim was robbed but she picked the wrong guy out of the lineup...continue to full post

Full post as published by Blonde Justice on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).