Transcription of Chapter 6 DIRECT EXAMINATION
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Chapter 6 DIRECT EXAMINATION INTRODUCTIONThe DIRECT EXAMINATION of witnesses is the most important part of the may be more exciting and closing argument more eloquent,but it is the DIRECT EXAMINATION of your own witnesses that will determinewhether the jurors hear, understand, and remember the facts upon which yourcase is , DIRECT EXAMINATION often is done poorly. Witnesses are notpresented effectively, and attorneys fail to elicit coherent evidence from cannot just put a witness on the stand and ask, What happened? Yourdirect EXAMINATION must elicit what the witness knows in a manner that helpsthe jury understand, remember and believe it.
DIRECT EXAMINATION § 6.01 INTRODUCTION The direct examination of witnesses is the most important part of the trial. Cross-examination may be more exciting and closing argument more eloquent, but it is the direct examination of your own witnesses that will determine whether the jurors hear, understand, and remember the facts upon which your
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