How to Mock Trial Welcome to the Wildcatz Mock Trial team! Courtroom Etiquette Team Introductions Pretrial Proceedings Opening Statements Prosecution’s Case: Witness Testimony Defense’s Case: Witness Testimony Closing Arguments Basics of a Criminal Trial Criminal Charges Reasonable Doubt Delivering an Opening Conducting a Direct Exam Conducting a Cross Exam Conducting a Re-Direct Delivering Closing Arguments Rules of Evidence & Trial Procedure Raising an Objection Laying a proper foundation Personal knowledge/speculation Expert opinion testimony Relevance Types of Questions Leading questions Asked and Answered Vague and Ambiguous Compound Questions Narrative Argumentative Outside the scope of cross Rules of Evidence Part II Character Evidence Hearsay Team Remind
