MY FIRST TRIAL

well actually it would be my second if you count the one I did as a summer associate last summer.

Anyway, I am scheduled for my first trial tomorrow. The defendant is charged with assault, and he basically got in a fight with an older man who was injured pretty bad, but not bad enough for a felony assistant to handle the case. He is facing jail time, for sure. I have worked on my direct, opening, closinng. I need to work on some lines for the cross examination of the defendant, but I am almost there.

This is how it works:

the night before an ADA has a case on we drop it in the appropriate box for the part that it is going to. Before I left work tonight, which was @ 715PM, I dropped my case. Tomorrow when the case is called the ADA in that part will make the record that I told them to make and if everything lines up--available ct room, defense willingness to go to trial, etc. etc. I will be trying my first case.

This is like the night before cheerleader tryouts. I WANNA GO TO TRIAL!

I will let y'all know what happens.