Closing Statement Basics
What is the purpose of a closing statement?
To summarize the evidence and explain why the jury should rule in your favor.
What is the classic phrase lawyers use to challenge something in court?
What is "Objection?"
What is the person who decides the facts in a trial called?
Who is the jury?
What is a fact that supports your argument called?
What is evidence?
What should a lawyer avoid doing in a closing statement?
What is the final argument made by a lawyer before the jury deliberates?
What is a closing statement?
What objection means a question is confusing, unclear, or has multiple meanings?
What is an objection for ambiguity?
What is the person who represents the defendant called?
Who is the defense attorney?
What is the term for a statement that a lawyer wants the jury to believe?
What is an argument?
What is the term for a jury's decision that the defendant is not guilty?
What is an acquittal?
What is the difference between an opening and closing statement?
An opening previews the case; a closing summarizes the evidence presented.
What objection is raised when a lawyer asks a witness to repeat something already answered?
What is "asked and answered?"
What is the person who brings the criminal case against the defendant?
Who is the prosecutor?
What is it called when a lawyer explains why a piece of evidence supports their case?
What is reasoning?
What is the term for a jury's decision that the defendant is guilty?
What is a conviction?
What should a lawyer use to support their closing argument?
What is evidence from the trial?
What objection means a lawyer is asking a witness to guess?
What is speculation?
What is the formal process of questioning a witness by the opposing side?
What is cross-examination?
What is the term for evidence that tends to show a defendant did not commit the crime?
What is exculpatory evidence?
What is the name for a lawyer's final request to the jury?
What is a request for a specific verdict?
What is the final decision a jury makes about a defendant's guilt or innocence?
What is a verdict?
What objection is used when a lawyer asks a witness to give their opinion without being qualified as an expert?
What is "lack of foundation?"
What is the standard of proof in a criminal case?
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
What is the legal principle that the prosecution must prove guilt, rather than the defendant proving innocence?
What is the presumption of innocence?
What is the name for the instructions a judge gives the jury about the law before deliberations?
What are jury instructions?