AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Voir Dire, Verdict

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 025
• Professor: shirk

Document Summary

Pretrial motions: getting a case dismissed before trial. Request to decide the issue based on pleadings (no trial) Request to decide the issue based on other evidence as well (no trial) Only granted if no facts are in dispute. Allows trial to focus on important questions at hand. Pretrial conference: meeting between judge and opposing attorneys after discovery. Identify matters in dispute and plan course of trial. Jury selection: trial can occur with or without jury. Voir dire: selection process where attorneys interview jurors to assure no bias. Peremptorily: ask to not swear in without a reason. For cause: ask to not swear in with a reason. At the trial: opening arguments and examination of witnesses. Attorneys present opening statements (what they intend to prove) Defendant can challenge evidence and cross examine witnesses. Defendants attorney presents evidence and witnesses for their case. Defendants attorney can request a motion for directed verdict again.