Nuts & Bolts of a Criminal Trial

NUTS AND BOLTS SEMINAR

(OPEN TO THE HMCBA CRIMINAL SECTION ONLY)

DATE:  October 28, 2020

TIME:  9:00 - 4:00

PLACE:  Cooper House

AGENDA

9am -  Interviewing the Client, Initial Motions, Bond Hearings/Furloughs and Preliminary Hearings - Caleb Ballew

10am - Investigation/Trial Preparation Phase, Pre-trial Motions and Client Communication - Patrick Hill

11am - Presumptive Sentencing Guidelines - Tim Douthit

12pm - Lunch Break  (Chick-fil-a Box Lunches - $10)

1pm - Voir Dire and Opening Statements - John Brinkley

2pm - Cross-Examination, Objections and Jury Instructions - Larry Marsili

3pm - Effective Closing Statements, Post-trial Motions and Appeals - Richard Jensen

Registration & nonrefundable payment of $10.00 is required in advance for lunch.  ***REGISTRATION WILL BE DISABLED WHEN ENROLLMENT REACHES 60 REGISTRANTS.  THE COOPER HOUSE CANNOT HOLD MORE THAN THIS NUMBER WITH COVID 19 RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.

This course has been approved by the Continuing Legal Education Commission of Alabama for six (6) hours of non-ethics credit.