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moorepocket
post Apr 28 2006, 09:10 AM
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i need to know what go on inside a courtroom when court is in session?

It's better to hear it from ppl than tv. Cause sometimes tv can be wrong.

I need details about the room, the people, judge, jury, lawyers, defendants, bailiff, and stenographer.

Please help.
 
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post Apr 28 2006, 10:00 AM
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well, the actual court proceedings depend on the type of trial or hearing. if you are talking about a juried trial, then the layout is generally something like this (plus or minus some things that are unique or required of the specific court):

but, i'm assuming that the actual happenings inside the courtroom vary from court to court, state to state, case to case, etc.

i have attended a couple hearings (bail hearings, arragnments) and one "trial". but...i honestly can't say i noticed all that much. i was concentrating mostly on the people speaking. i was present for several witnesses for the trial, and it did play out much like the court scenes on television. as for the arraignments, those were quick and fairly confusing.
 
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post Apr 28 2006, 08:29 PM
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great thank you.

I can b.s. the rest for my assignment.
 
misoshiru
post Apr 29 2006, 08:42 AM
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Well for each of the lawyers, the prosecutor and D.A., they make opening statements, then call up their witnesses, cross-examine them, have the opposing side cross-examine them, and then make their closing statements. Something like this.
 
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post Apr 29 2006, 08:18 PM
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wow thanks. My law study in high school didn't help, cause it's high school. That's a while back.
 
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post Apr 30 2006, 03:07 AM
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Haha, well during sophomore year, in our humanities classes, we had to put a certain author on trial. And in my class, we put George Orwell on trial for sedition. It was made out like a whole trial case as well.
 
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post May 1 2006, 10:22 AM
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hahaha. My class did 3 trials.
 

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