Sentence examples for trial tactics from inspiring English sources

There was a kind of perverse consistency between the company's trial tactics and its evidence.

The capital punishment system in states throughout the country is plagued with legal incompetence, unscrupulous trial tactics and faulty evidence.

Her mother works as a trial consultant to her husband's practice, handling jury selection, witness preparation and trial tactics.

He must not employ trial tactics that may lead to unfair convictions, nor should he prosecute merely to enhance his political prospects.

In 1954, Professor Keeton wrote "Trial Tactics and Methods" (Little, Brown and Company), which offered practical courtroom advice rather than legal theory.

Mr. Murphy advocates less reliance on victims, who often feel shame or fear bruising trial tactics even when they are not constrained by secrecy agreements.

Court napping may be a good trial tactic.

In an unusual trial tactic last week, the prosecution read parts of the rabbi's testimony that it believes supported its argument that he arranged the murder so he could continue a secret romance with a Philadelphia radio personality, Elaine Soncini.

"The government's practice of presenting incomplete proof calculated to exclude all evidence adverse to its litigation position, while permissible as a trial tactic, does not induce confidence that the government will eschew the opportunity to argue misleading inferences," the judge wrote.

James McCready, the Suffolk detective who led the interrogation, said during the trial that such tactics were not uncommon because all criminal suspects have one trait in common: "They all lie".

Other lawyers, including Rick Halprin, who represented Joseph Lombardo before Judge Zagel in the Family Secrets trial, said the tactics of Mr. Blagojevich's legal team — including a barrage of objections during cross-examinations — often tested the judge's patience.