Below (along with a works cited which I know you all LOVE!) should give you an idea of what I would like you to do between class ending today and Tuesday's class. It's from the famous O.J. Simpson case. Make sure you have read OUR case. It may seem long but it's not really that long when you look through it.
Also while you read it you'll probably find yourself reading one part and thinking, "HEY, there is no way this guy is innocent". But then you will read the defendant's side and think, "wait a tick, this guy is getting stonewalled!". That's the beauty of mock trial.
You will put the pieces together to fit the story that you want to tell - THE STORY THAT YOU WILL PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (if you're the prosecution).
We will actually end up having a defense and prosecution team in each class. So Period 1 will have a defense team AND a prosecuting team just like Period 3.
OJ SIMPSON CASE
The matching bloody gloves found at the murder scene and outside Simpson's home
9:30-9:45 Charles Cale, walking his dog by Simpson's Rockingham residence, does not see Bronco.
10:02 Simpson attempts to call Paula Barbieri on the cell phone from his Bronco.
10:15 (prosecution)-10:40 (defense) Period during which murders took place.
10:22-10:30 Limo driver Allan Park, scheduled to take Simpson to airport, does not see Bronco on Rockingham.
10:40, 10:43, 10:49 Allan Park buzzes Simpson's intercom, but gets no response.
10:50 White or light bronco observed at the intersection of Bundy and Dorothy.
10:51 or 10:52 Kato Kaelin hears three thumps on the wall outside his room.
10:54 Allan Park sees a man wearing dark clothes, about 6-feet tall and 200 pounds, walk across the driveway of the Simpson residence.
10:55 Simpson lies to Allan Park.
Works Cited
"The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Incriminating Evidence." The O.J.
Simpson Trial: The Incriminating Evidence. University of
Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014
<http://www.law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson/
evidence.html>.
