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Importance of an Effective Opening Statement in Florida State Court

By M. James Jenkins, Esq.

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In State Court in Florida the rules allow for waiving or preserving your opening statement in a criminal trial. Also, in Florida, a lawyer can only tell the jury in opening statement, contrary to what most television legal dramas present, what you expect the evidence will show--you cannot argue inferences from those facts. (Albeit, voice inflection and tone, pauses, etc. can, if done properly, blur the line between what the evidence may show and argument). If you said something in opening t read more

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