Class A or Class B?

From an e-mail received from LRE:

We received a question regarding Class A or B? Adult or Minor on page 84.  Below is the response from one of the attorneys who worked on the case.  We believe everyone should be on the "same page."

Janet

 

I believe you are correct that the statute designates the offense to be a class A misdemeanor if committed against a minor.  However, in drafting the problem, we prepared the Information as if it is a class B misdemeanor.  Changing the charge to a class A would add an extra element of proof.  Therefore,  for purposes of the competition, it will be prosecuted as a class B misdemeanor.

 

Watch clips from Mock Trial Competitions

You should be able to watch the clips at the link below from home. They are blocked by the filter at school.

http://diannapughmocktrial.blogspot.com/

Joke from the Reader's Digest

If you’re interested in becoming a lawyer, you’ll need a degree. But as these court transcripts reveal, the question is, in what?

Attorney: "How was your first marriage terminated?"
Witness: "By death."
Attorney: "And by whose death was it terminated?"
Witness: "Guess."

Attorney: "Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?"
Witness: "All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight."

2011 Handbook

The entire handbook and all case materials for 2011 Mock Trial are now available at http://www.lawrelatededucation.org/
Click on the programs tab, Mock Trials, then scroll down to a link to the PDF for 2011.
or try this link -- 

•  2011 Mock Trial Manual 6.27 Mb

Email addresses

I've tried to email you all with the addresses on your applications.  Many of them failed.  Would you all please email me at dorsc405@alpine.k12.ut.us ?   Thanks!

We'll be meeting on Wednesdays from now on as well as Thursdays. Don't forget group yearbook pictures Tuesday, January 25 at about 10:40.  Listen for Mock Trial to be called down.

Yearbook Pictures

Group Yearbook Pictures will be taken on January 25 -- Tuesday.  Listen for when the Mock Trial team is called, which will be during A2 at about 10:40. 

Mock Trial Handbook

 2010 Mock Trial Handbook

See especially the pages about
Trial Categories (Order and time allotments)
Mock Trial Procedures
Steps in a Mock Trial
Simplified Rules of Evidence