Review the Facts of Your Case
It is important to that you review your case and know the facts and who the witnesses are. Once you know what the law is for your case, you need to review and organize the facts in a way that will help you prove your case. To do this, keep the following in mind:
b. That is evidence does not make any sense
c. That its evidence does not prove anything
d. That there are facts which make its story less believable
- Which witness or witnesses are most helpful to you side of the case? Why are they most helpful?
- Which facts weaken the other side's story? To help you prove your side of the story, you will also want to show all the weaknesses in the other side's case:
b. That is evidence does not make any sense
c. That its evidence does not prove anything
d. That there are facts which make its story less believable
- Talk with each witness to see if there are any additional facts that can be reasonably extrapolated from his/her statements, and make sure that the witnesses have not changed their statement.
- Think about how you are going to present your side of the story. Remember that a trial is like a story--where you tell the jury about your side of what happened. In order to have the jury care about your side of the story, it needs to care about your client and the other witnesses that support your side.
- Write out your portion of the trial. You should write out each part of the trial that you will be doing. You should practice your direct examinations with your witnesses. Even though you cannot practice your cross-examinations with other witnesses, you can still write out the questions that they would ask.