Published on August 31st, 2012 | by Trey Cox
A. Pre-Admit Exhibits No judge or jury will ever be upset with you and your opposing counsel for agreeing to pre-admit exhibits. I have even done it when the judge’s pre-trial order did not require it. [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 27th, 2012 | by The Jury Rules
Unpacking post-trial comments by jurors in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, it appears the entire verdict came down to one thing: lack of credibility of the star witness. The Washington Post reports that the two-month [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 24th, 2012 | by Trey Cox
The purpose of closing is to teach “your” jurors-that is, the jurors who are on your side-how to deal with and argue with the other jurors in the struggle that lies immediately ahead, so that the [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 13th, 2012 | by James Stanton
As we discuss in our book – The Jury Rules – juries hate insincerity. Based on a report in the Washington Post, a federal jury last week returned a $3.5 million verdict in a sexual harassment [&hellip... Read More →
Published on August 6th, 2012 | by James Stanton
After clearing Citigroup executives in a mortgage securities case, the New York Times reports that the jury took the extraordinary step of issuing a statement with their verdict: This verdict should not deter the S.E.C. from [&hellip... Read More →
Published on July 27th, 2012 | by Trey Cox
Although we use the phrases “closing,” “summation,” and “final argument” almost interchangeably, the terms are different. The difference between “summation” and “final argument” is more than semantic. As James McElhaney noted: Summation … is what must [&hellip... Read More →
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