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The first trial : Where do I sit? What do I say? in a nutshell / First trial in a nutshell : where do I sit? what do I say? First trial by Steven H. Goldberg, Tracy Walters McCormack. - 2nd ed. - St. Paul, MN : West, c2009. - xvi, 419 p. ; 19 cm. - West nutshell series . - Nutshell series. .

pt. I. Perspective. The stage: where do I sit? ; The script: what do I say? -- pt. II. Preparation. Prepare the play in a trial notebook ; Prepare the players in the woodshed ; Gather the props ; Check out the audience -- pt. III. The first trial. Thinning the audience: voir dire -- Curtain up: the opening statement -- Dialogue: examination of witnesses -- The lawyer's part: evidence advocacy -- Last scene: the closing argument.

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