Look for the folder for the practice case:  Spring Practice Case

 

 

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Team members, here's a new page where you can add   Comments and Suggestions for Next Year.  You may either post on the page, or use comment boxes. 

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And there is a folder with pictures that you can download.  They are still just numbered, not named.

 

 

March 11

9:00 am at Orem Justice Court, 97 East Center Street, Orem, Utah 

Leave the school at 8:00 a.m

Be back at the school at 12:30.  (The trial went longer than anticipated, so we got back later.)

 

Once again, I'm so proud of our team.  They did a great job.  This time we did not win by points, though it was close.  The judges selected Derrick Cain as best attorney and Rebecca Geertsen as best witness.  And we won the case.  All charges were dismissed against our defendant  Cris Robertson (Parker Shelby).   Thank goodness! 

 

I'd also like to compliment our team for their  hard work, team spirit,  great sportsmanship,  civility, desire to learn and improve, and enthusiasm. 

 

This time our attorneys were

Alex Pearrow

Joseph Steed

Derrick Cain

Tony Jeffs

 

The students who played witnesses were

Parker Shelby

Annika Shunn

Rebecca Geertsen

 

Our bailiff was

Kenlee Woolstenhulme

 

And our alternate for this trial was

Sarah Ellison

 

We would  like to thank our  team members who were at the band festival yesterday, but had helped us build our case and prepare for this trial:

Erykah Cain

Cristine Busto

Monica Lish

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is an interesting article about Springville's Mock Trial Team: http://www.heraldextra.com/schools/knight-news/article_59ad3574-5770-585a-952c-9ea3afafd369.html

 

Usernames on this wiki:

1 Joseph

2 Tony

3 Monica

4 Cristine

5 Annika

6 Erykah

7 Derrick

8 Sarah

9 Alex

10 Ms. E

11 Becca

12 Mr. Lish

13 Parker

14 Kenlee

 

Defense roster:

Defense --

Alex:  Opening and Cross-Examine Jamie

Joseph: Direct Examine Cris and Cross Examine Casey

Derrick:  Direct Examine Pat and Cross Examine Ashton

Tony:  Closing and Direct Examine Loren 

Kenlee: Bailiff

 

Kenlee: Bailiff

Annika: Cris Robertson

Parker: Loren Albert

Sarah: Pat Clifford

Becca -- Witness Understudy

 

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Questions to be answered for our telling of the case:

Why did Cris use the quotation marks around jam and jammin?

Why did Cris talk about blood showing up on the dark colors?

CHS hoodie "nasty"?

 

 

 

Points to make -

rumor:  doubt about where it  originated --- Don't bring it up unless prosecution does.

In Exhibit A, MichaelGForce Doesn't know who jammin is

                     Yankeegirl doesn't know

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We may need to switch around our witnesses.    Sarah, are you going to participate?  Loren and Annika, would you be willing to switch? 

Annika: Cris

Loren: Parker

Becca: Pat

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Suggestions, Notes  after our first trial:

Make sure evidence has been admitted before we use it -- or we need to move to admit it ourselves. 

 

Check on whether we need to introduce any evidence as defense.

 

Now Cris is totally innocent.  Cris is the victim of false accusations, of a prank, or worse, committed by someone who is using Cris's chat room accounts.

Can we show that Cris was not aware of these misuses?

How could someone get Cris's accounts?

Can we know for sure who sent those messages?

Why does he or she use both accounts? 

 

How do we explain the quotation marks around "jammin"?

 

Loren: 

 

Pat:  is not a high school student, but spends every weekday with high school students, so has an understanding of them and the way they talk that many people don't

very common for one student to use another's password -- There is no way to determine who is using a user name and password.  Alibi -- working with Cris during FatalFlaw transmissions on October 15.  So we know that someone else had the password for FatalFlaw. 

Loren:author of usage policy -- so understands(better than most people) the law concerning cyber harassement  (consulted with Ashton Hopp?) 

 

Pat and Loren both know how computers and chatrooms work.  though neither an expert on cyber crime, they have some knowledge and both are experts on how computer, user names, passwords, and chatrooms work.

 

Exhibit A

nasty:according to dictionary.com

Slang . formidable: The young pitcher has a good fast ball and a nasty curve.

or that they all (THE CHS hoodie) just get really dirty after wearing them for a whole week all the time.

 

MichaelG doesn't know who Jammin is -- would know if on the football team   -- Both he and yankeegirl are following the football team and would know who is on it.

Yankeegirl in Exhibit A doesn't know if Jammin is a girl or boy?  (if their Jamie is a girl) 

 

Exhibit B  -- FatalFlaw may not even have read Jamimin's response, so wouldn't have cause to be mad. -- may have already getting ready to exit when Jammin's response came up.

 

Exhibit C --cannonball is talking about STOMPING all over the other team

after that shokwave (Cris admits) responds to Cannonball's comment.  Cris emphasizes "Jam" because it is like stomp?

How do we explain, "Aware of FatalFlaw, not interested" ? 

Cris 4:51 -- Would it make sense that Cris could have left the computer (Would Cris have been at school that late? -- Thursday)  No activity -- not even any logging out. 

Working in library  on the same research paper that had worked later with Pat?  20 minute lapse. . .

 

Cris denies

 

Exhibit D -- denies all transmissions -- working with Pat. 

 

We're here to clarify that . . . .

 

Questions for

Pat

Loren

Cris -- Our team is so tough.  I was excited

may have just automatically logged in as Shokwav -- so used to it.

Wouldn't be upset by chat room correction because it was just one page difference in the assignment.

 

Ashton

Casey 

   Casey do you know without a doubt that Cris Robertson was trying to hurt Jamie Anderson?

    Do you know without a doubt that  it was  Cris Robertson who sent all of those messages on the chat room?  

 

Jamie

rumor

 

 

Exhibit A -- why use "jammin" in this statement

Cris praising Jamie for school spirit

 

eking

 

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Everyone needs to read the Opening Statement.  This is our story, and all witness examinations need to support it.  We need to make sure our questions prove the points Joseph bring up.

 

2-22-11 Our attorney coach, Mr. Lish, is coming on Wednesday after school, sobe there!

 

These are the times and places we will need transportation for 12 to 14 people each time. 

February 25   
Salt Lake Justice Court
333 S 220 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Team should be there at 1:00.

Leave the school at 12:00 noon.  Meet for CAVE Time on Friday.

Be back at the school at 5:00  p.m.

 

March 11

9:00 am at Orem Justice Court, 97 East Center Street, Orem, Utah 

Leave the school at 8:00 a.m

Be back at the school at 12:30.

 

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2-17-11 Meet on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after school, as well as during CaveTime on Wednesday and Thursday.  We will be leaving at lunchtime on Friday for our first competition.
Parents are invited.  See the tab above titled "Competition Schedule." 

2-17-11    Work on the wiki over this weekend.

 

2-21-11 Our attorney coach, Mr. Lish, is coming on Tuesday after school, so try to be there if you possibly can!

 

We're to assume that by "football" they mean SOCCER.

 

Judges  -- These are the names of our judges.

 

Open the Prosecution Folder to find the pages to edit.

 

Mr Lish  Ask him questions, read his responses, etc.

Mr. Lish, please see this page.

 

Kenlee, this is a link to your page:  Bailiff

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New Pages:

Introducing Physical Evidence

 

Objections

 

 

 

Questions, comments for this case: 

Do we need to identify the defendant?

 

Cris has already spread rumors -- verbally -- offline -- before the online harassment began.

Is 'harassment" the word we should focus on?

 

From which witness should we show that all of the harmful comments came from accounts belonging to Cris? 

We need to really emphasize the quotation marks.

 

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Questions about the case:  Anyone can help answer these:

Were the students required to attend the assembly?

 

 

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What we need to work on -- especially --

expert witnesses

introducing evidence

objections

CROSS EXAMINATIONS!!!

 

 

 

 

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BG 763-7072