Winning Jury Trials: Trial Tactics and Sponsorship StrategiesThe Third Edition of Winning Jury Trials combines the same strong premise of its previous editions (evidence sponsorship) and the same strong theme (there is, in fact, a right way to teach trial skills) with many new features, including more detailed guidance on the critical questions of whether and when to impeach one's own witness with harmful material. This text, by Robert Klonoff and Paul Colby, takes a solid approach to evidence and focuses on issues such as: • Choosing witnesses • Introducing negative evidence • How to handle marginal evidence • Weaving the fundamental elements of your case into your evidence, for example, opening statements and cross-examination |
Contents
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Issue Identification and Evidence Evaluation | |
Evaluation of Evidence Bearing on More Than One Disputed Issue | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
Tender to Avoid the Opponents Criticism for | |
Favorable Evidence | |
The Sponsorship Costs of Using Neutral Evidence | |
Generic Examples of Favorable Evidence Outweighed | |
Sponsorship Principles | |
The Jury and the Advocate | |
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Winning Jury Trials: Trial Tactics and Sponsorship Strategies Robert H. Klonoff,Paul L. Colby Limited preview - 2007 |
Winning Jury Trials: Trial Tactics and Sponsorship Strategies Robert H. Klonoff,Paul L. Colby No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
adversary system adverse jury speculation advocate introduces advocate’s affirmative defense benefit burden of proof call a witness called the witness character evidence claim client closing argument concession conclude consider cost of introduction cost of overtrying credibility criminal cross-examination decide decision defendant’s defense attorney defense counsel defense evidence direct examination discussion disputed issues elicit evaluate evidence selection example exhibit eyewitness fact favorable evidence fingerprints foregoing government’s harmful evidence highlight identify impeachment Imwinkelried incurred introducing evidence item of evidence jurors jury instructions jury is apt jury’s lawyer legal burden LexisNexis materially Mauet neutral evidence noting objection omit opening statement opponent opposing counsel outweigh party party-associated evidence plaintiff plaintiff’s attorney present prior probative value prosecutor reason rebuttal redirect rule sponsorship analysis sponsorship costs sponsorship principles strategy strong evidence summation supra supra n Tactics testify theory Thomson West undisputed unusual efforts verdict victim voir dire volunteering weakness weight witness’s testimony