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n. (opening statement English)
Usage examples of "opening statements".
Attorneys for the de la Hoyas realized they were in trouble when they noticed jurors smirking (and, in one case, suppressing a giggle) as the surfer alibi was presented during opening statements.
Sproule said, 'I remind the prosecution that in trial by court-martial, opening statements are not required and not customary.
Attorneys Seana Ash, Joel Kent, and Maxwell Merrill each made short opening statements to tell Judge Tiktin that three of the parties were in accord.
William Moody made the opening statements for the prosecution, presenting three essential arguments that were to represent the body of his case: that Lizzie Borden was predisposed to murder her father and stepmother and planned to do so.
At the end of the opening statements, the judge ordered a lunch break.
But the CPS made a basic error in their opening statements by revealing knowledge that the Algerians had disclosed only to their defence lawyers in the Belmarsh legal visits rooms.
Pretending to watch the opening statements on the full-screen comset on his lap, he mentally rehearsed his movements, waiting for the signal from Terry Stewart, analyzing his own chances of walking away when it was done.
She sifted through the pretrial hearings, jury selection, the opening statements.