PPT-Direct and Cross Examination

Direct Examination to ask questions of witnesses called by your team to get the witness to testify to facts that help your case Open ended questions Who What Why When Where How What if any. Direct Testimony And Cross-Examination Of Obviousness Experts In The Wake KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. I. INTRODUCTION Practitioners and jurists continue to debate the impact of KSR, with YOUR . CASE AT . TRIAL. By: Richard S. Dellinger. “Next to the ministry, I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once, it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles enable and its practice elevates.”. DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. MID-YEAR CONFERENCE. JULY 11, 2014. PROFESSOR STEPHEN A. SALTZBURG . Cross-Examination. Purpose: To Argue Your Case to the Jury (or Judge) Through the Witness. Strategies. Direct Examination. “A Few Good Men” clip. Two types of questions. Open Ended . – Where were you when the shots were fired?. Leading . – You were at the mall when the shots were fired.. Goals of Direct Examination. The Basics. Prof. Robert T. Sherwin. February 4, 2011. Mock Trial: Defined. Mock: Feigned; not real; sham.. Trial: The examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.. Section 11 (d) of the . Charter of Rights and Freedoms . states that each person charged with an offence is to be ‘presumed innocent until proven guilty according to the law.’. Burden of Proof:. the Crown’s obligation to prove the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt – this is a fundamental legal principle founded in Common Law. . 1 www.texlawyers.com I. INTRODUCTION Many lawyers spend a considerable amount of their trial preparation thinking about voir dire, or outlining a powerful opening statement, or crafting a killer closi Witness Examinations in Trials. This is how you present evidence to the jury.. DIRECT EXAMINATION. You tell your side of the story.. You want your evidence in story form, so you ask open-ended questions.. Strategies and Formalities. Opening Statements. 3 minutes. Objective – Acquaint court with the case and outline what you are going to prove through testimony and admitted evidence.. Short summary of the facts. In order to retake:. Must have taken all the notes I am about to present. Must have a parent note verifying you studied for this.. Objections. Hint: Think about what the question is asking. Think about what the witness is/is not answering. . TRIAL INFORMATION. Steps in a Trial. Judge enters and takes the Bench (all rise). Clerk announces the case. Prosecuting attorneys make opening statement. Defense attorneys make opening statement. Prosecutions presents case:. Barrister. Clarence Chambers. 0402 968 997. www.guiltynotguilty.com.au. Introduction. Important part of advocacy.. Read as many books on advocacy and cross-examination as you like.. Watch as many video presentations / seminars as you like.. February 4, 2011. Mock Trial: Defined. Mock: Feigned; not real; sham.. Trial: The examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.. By . Lawrence T. Bowman. Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC. 1. “Cross-Examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. You can do anything with a bayonet except sit on it. A lawyer can do anything with cross-examination if he is skillful enough not to impale his own cause upon it.”.