POLARIZE THE CASE
Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy
DECEMBER 15, 2023
When showing a witness’ bias, you need not call them out as a liar; instead, simply argue in closing “and the witness, who testified for the defendant – it’s their mother.” That was his closing in its entirety. Certainly, we had not given them the elements of a standard closing. When he sat down I was slack-jawed.
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