Lukic said that he intended to cross-examine prosecution witnesses carefully, but would let the prosecution present its entire case before making his own opening statement.
Fewer 'Gotchas' in Court In Massachusetts, judges in criminal trials can now compel defense lawyers to give the prosecution evidence they plan to use to cross-examine prosecution witnesses.
16 Forced Evidence Disclosure A ruling in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said that judges in criminal trials can compel defense lawyers to give the prosecution evidence they plan to use to cross-examine prosecution witnesses.
The ruling, which split the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 4 to 3, said that judges in criminal trials can compel defense lawyers to give the prosecution evidence that they plan to use to cross-examine prosecution witnesses.
Under the new procedure, officials claim, the accused will have the right to represent himself, hear all the evidence against him, cross-examine prosecution witnesses and, if convicted, lodge an appeal all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Shayler was under "a unique handicap" of having to tell the prosecution in advance what arguments he would use in his defence and what questions he would ask when he cross-examined prosecution witnesses.
Mr Bo himself, sometimes with help from his lawyers, insisted on challenging the prosecution point by point, and on cross- examining prosecution witnesses.The decision to give Mr Bo's trial such publicity is all but certain to have been taken by the Chinese leadership.
They will also be able, for example, to ask to examine the prosecution evidence.
In that trial Ms. Berenson's lawyers were not even allowed to examine the prosecution's evidence or cross-examine witnesses.
One is reminded of the courtroom moment in the classic film Anatomy of a Murder when the defense attorney, played by Jimmy Stewart, is cross-examining the prosecution's medical examiner in a murder case in which the defendant claimed the victim had just raped his wife.
