Courtroom Basics
The mock trial team member who opens and closers court; swears in witnesses; transports materials in the courtroom
Who is the bailiff?
The two speeches given by Maine mock trial teams
What are the opening statement and closing argument?
A lawyer in a courtroom always must do this before stating an objection
What is stand up?
The five direct exam question starters that begin with the "W"
What are who, what, where, when, and why?
Lawyers should always protect this person
Who is their witness?
Where a lawyer summarizes the case; conclusions from the evidence and attempts to persuade the jury to favor his/her case
What is the Closing Argument?
The number of prosecution witnesses
What is two?
An objecting lawyer should direct argument to this individual
Who is the trial judge?
What the lawyer says after questioning all of the witnesses
What "Your Honor the defense/prosecution rests its case?
The purpose of Cross Exam
What is to cast doubt on the opponent's story?
The party that goes first in opening and presenting evidence in a criminal trial
What is the prosecution?
The total number of lawyers each team may have
What is four?
What you hope the judge will say when your opponent makes an objection
What is overruled?
The purpose of the direct exam questions
What to present your "story" of the facts? OR=What is to bring out major ideas of the case?
What the lawyer should do if he/she does not receive the desired response
What is ask the question again or ask it in a different way?
The document that sets forth the charges to be tried in a criminal case
What is the indictment?
The number of defense witnesses
What is three?
The objection to use when the opposing lawyer asks more than one thing in the same question
What is Objection to Form, Compound Question?
Who are the attorneys & witnesses? OR Who is the entire team?
These types of questions should be asked
What are leading questions?
The standard of proof for elements of a criminal charge at trial
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
The total number students who may participate in a MT round
What is seven
An objection to a witness's answer that is available only in mock trial competitions
What is Unfair Extrapolation?
Questions to avoid begin with this word
What is WHY?
What should a lawyer try to attack on CX
What is the witness's credibility?