CRJ 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Direct Examination
30 Nov 2017
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Prosecutor must give an opening statement to the jury: and in the prosecutor"s opening statement, she must indicate how she intends to prove each element of each crime, otherwise a particular charge in the indictment might be dismissed. The defense may give an opening statement: why? because the defense has no burden, they do not have to do anything the law says so. Prosecution (direct case or case in chief: 1. Witnesses: to rebut the presumption of innocence, swears or affirms to tell the truth, direct examination, cross examination. Exhibits (physical evidence: gun, drugs, knife, shirt, keys, cell phone, medical records, photos, autopsy report, dna. The defendant under the law, does not have to prove his innocence or put up a case. The prosecution can rebuttal (rebuttal case: put in witnesses and evidence to rebut what the defense put up.
