Canadian Criminal Trial Advocacy/Appendix
Checklists
[edit | edit source]Trial Prep Checklist
[edit | edit source]Client notice
- notify client of trial date
- book appointment to review trial/answer questions
Witnesses
- notify witnesses of trial date and purpose by phone or letter
- made arrangements for out-of-town witnesses
- issued subpoenas for witnesses
- copies of criminal record of witnesses (such as CPIC printout)
Documents, Notices ,and Exhibits
- copies of transcripts from statements and preliminary inquiry hearings
- subpoenaed documents
- notices filed (business documents, court orders, medical reports)
- Expert report forwarded to other party within time limit
Trial materials
- trial briefs prepared
- legal research completed
- pre-trial motions prepared
- witnesses prepared
- completed Trial Book (witness lists, outline of proof, examination outlines, opening/closing outline)
Real Evidence
- visual aids and demonstrative evidence prepared (sufficient copies are available)
Courtroom
- technology set-up tested and arranged for court
- interpreter booked
Day of Trial
Materials
- Criminal Code
- Trial Book / Trial Brief
- pads of paper
- pens and highlighters
See also
[edit | edit source]- Baum, Art of Advocacy: Preparation
- Manes & Edwards, Organized Advocacy, 2d ed. (Toronto:Carswell, 1988) Form 12-2
- F. Lee Bailey, Fundamentals of Criminal Advocacy (Rochester: The Lawyers Co-op, 1974)
- F. Lee Bailey, Investigation and Preparation of Criminal Cases (Rochester: The Lawyers Co-op, 1985)
- Justice Saunders, Reflections on the Art ... and Science of Decision-Making [1]
Theory of the case