Litigation
Aug. 1, 2007
Mini-Openings Sometimes Persuade Juries to Stick Around
A new rule allowing attorneys to make mini opening statements to potential jurors helps refine the jury selection process and "level the playing field," says litigator Mark V. Berry, right, standing with his law-firm partner Jeffrey A. Swedo.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The difference between a hung-jury and an acquittal for a public defender representing an accused child molester in Arizona turned out to be mini-opening statements.
For Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Jacqueline A. Connor, who worked on a committee to implement mini-opening statements in California, that story is a ...
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