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Publication Date

3-1991

Document Type

Article

Abstract

As we begin the last decade of the twentieth century, we are experiencing a revolution in the courtroom. The techniques of the old guard must give way to new and innovative means of motivating our captive audience called the jury. I will not engage in a legal treatise of the opening statement. Few cases have ever been reversed on error committed during the opening statement. Instead, I intend to address the humanistic factors that make the difference between a losing and a winning opening statement. Some cases have been lost because of an ineffective opening, but a disproportionate number of criminal cases have been won at the conclusion of this critical stage. Let me share with you my thoughts and observations on how to win your case by the conclusion of opening.

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