Opening Statement Part 2, Story.

Following the rules broken by the Defendants, is the story portion of your opening. I begin my stories with something akin to, “Now let me tell you the story of what happened in this case. “Please come back with me if you will to . . .” Then I tell the story of what happened in our case. I tell the story as if I’m there. In the present tense. Describing what you can see and hear. What you can touch. What people are saying and doing, thinking and feeling. What the Defendant’s do and do not do.