Jury Instructions
The Jury Instruction for an agreement to a fact?
What is a stipulation as to facts
What is a CV (curriculum vitae)
Paralegals will use this database to request lab analysis cases that were investigated by CSPD?
What is Evidence ON-Q
This is the first stage of a trial.
What is Jury Selection?
This line of questioning that is conducted first when a witness is called to the stand to testify?
What is Direct Examination?
The Foreperson signs this Form.
What is a Verdict Form?
A paralegal will request this packet of information from a lab analyst after the testing is complete.
What is a Litigation Packet?
The paralegals will enter the case into this database when the trial has been vacated.
What is the call-off database?
This is the second phase of a trial?
What are opening statements?
This line of questioning is conducted second when a witness takes the stand to testify?
What is Cross-Examination?
This is a question that a jury has to answer regarding whether a weapon was used during the commission of a crime.
What is the COV (Crime of Violence) interrogatory Dangerous Weapon?
Paralegals are often requested to make this binder/notebook to help the DDA be more organized in trial?
What is a trial binder?
Paralegals will retrieve missing LEA agency reports from this database?
What is the LERMS database.
This side of the case presents their evidence first?
Who is the Prosecution Team?
If a party disagrees with the line of questioning, they raise this in disagreement of the line of questioning.
What is an Objection?
These are the parts of a crime that the Prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt?
What are the elements of a crime?
Paralegals will make these types of folders that contain witness statements and officer reports for the DDA to utilize during trial when questioning a witness.
What are witness folders?
This is the database where an address is listed if there is a safety concern for a victim and the Court has ordered that the address be kept confidential.
What is the Confidential Database?
This side presents evidence second, but has no obligation to present any evidence in the case.
Who is the Defense Team?
The Judge agrees with the objection and disallows the question, testimony or evidence.
What is sustaining the objection
This instruction is given for a limited purpose during trial.
What is the Limited Purpose Instruction
These types of meetings are set up with witnesses prior trial?
What are pre-trial meetings?
In this database, you can request analysis for cases investigated by EPSO and also retrieve lab reports and litigation packets for both CSPD and EPSO.
What is the LIMS database?
Bonus Double -
These arguments occur at the end of the case and are not considered evidence in the case.
What are Closing Arguments?
The Judge disagrees with the objection and allows the question, testimony or evidence.
What is overruling the objection?