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Covers uniform rules and local practices, trial dates, judge assignments, jury selection, motions to exclude witnesses, motions for mistrial, opening statements, witness examination, exhibits, objections, motions for judgment of acquittal, rebuttal, closing arguments, jury instructions, jury deliberations, and verdicts. PDF Download - After purchase go to My Content to retrieve your digital file(s).
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Chapter 20
TRIAL PROCEDURES
Hon. Ryan C. Connell
Braden Wolf
Wayne Mackeson
§ 20.1 UNIFORM RULES AND LOCAL PRACTICES
§ 20.2 PRETRIAL
§ 20.2-1 Charging Instruments
§ 20.2-2 Preliminary Hearing and Arraignment
§ 20.2-3 Pretrial Release
§ 20.2-4 Demurrer
§ 20.2-5 Omnibus Hearing
§ 20.2-6 Venue
§ 20.2-7 Civil Compromise
§ 20.2-8 Motion to Suppress
§ 20.3 TRIAL DATES
§ 20.3-1 Scheduling the Trial
§ 20.3-2 Time Limits—“Speedy Trials”
§ 20.3-3 Requests for Continuance
§ 20.4 ASSIGNMENT TO A JUDGE
§ 20.5 TRIAL
§ 20.5-1 Waiver of Right to Counsel
§ 20.5-2 Jury Trials
§ 20.5-3 Court Trials
§ 20.5-4 Morning of Trial
§ 20.5-5 Opening Statement
§ 20.5-6 Case-in-Chief
§ 20.5-7 Dealing with Objections and Limitations/Offers of Proof
§ 20.5-8 Motions for Judgment of Acquittal
§ 20.6 CROSS-EXAMINATION
§ 20.7 REBUTTAL ISSUES
§ 20.7-1 Limits on Rebuttal
§ 20.7-2 “Anticipatory” Rebuttal
§ 20.7-3 Surrebuttal
§ 20.8 CLOSING ARGUMENTS
§ 20.8-1 General Limitations on Argument
§ 20.8-2 Improper Arguments
§ 20.9 JURY INSTRUCTIONS
§ 20.9-1 Process
§ 20.9-2 Troublesome Instructions
§ 20.9-3 Reinstruction and Reading Testimony
§ 20.10 JURY DELIBERATIONS
§ 20.10-1 General Procedure
§ 20.10-2 Misconduct
§ 20.11 VERDICTS
§ 20.11-1 Verdict on Charge
§ 20.11-2 Verdict on Lesser-Included Charge
§ 20.11-3 Inconsistent Verdicts
§ 20.11-4 Polling the Jury
§ 20.11-5 Inability to Reach Verdict
Appendix 20A Abbreviations