Steps in a Trial

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Steps in a Trial

• Street Law 2007

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The Honorable
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What do you know about criminal trials?

• You will be put in groups of 4 - 5.
• On a sheet of paper
• 1st - Brainstorm as many different steps in a
  trial your group can think ofWhat have you seen
  on TV? What do you remember from your previous
  mock trial experience?
• 2nd Put those steps in order 3 minutes

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Dude, Wheres My Car?

• The Facts Joe Harper went to the grocery store,
  parked his 1990 blue mini-van, and left his key
  in the ignition. When he came back an hour
  later, he got into and drove away in a 1990 blue
  mini-van that had a key in itbut this van was
  not his. Harper did not notice it was a
  different car until minutes after leaving the
  parking lot in someone elses van. He was
  arrested for auto theft.

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Dude, Can Joe Appeal?

• Auto theft requires that the accused person must
  have INTENDED to steal the car.
• Did Joe intend to steal the car?
• Does it matter that Joe intended to drive a 1990
  blue mini-van out of the parking lot?
• This verdict could be reversed on the grounds
  that the judge gave the jury the wrong
  instructions.

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