Over the summer and fall of 2015 I Interned at the public defender’s office in Wake County. Throughout my time interning I have been working on two cases, neither of which have gone to trial neither of which have gone to trial at this stage. However, I was able to attend part of a trial for a rape case, in which our client was the defendant. By attending part of this case, I was able to experience first-hand courtroom procedures. Before discussing the trial, it is essential to outline the type of trial and location of the trial. Firstly, the case did not meet the requirements to be held in federal court, and like this was hears in the State Courts. Because the defendant was being tried for First-degree rape, which is a felony, the trial was held in Superior Court. The Superior Court has original jurisdiction in felony cases. As most Criminal Cases in Criminal Superior Court in North Carolina, this case was tried before a twelve-person jury and was presided over by a superior court judge. …show more content…
When I spoke to my boss at the office about how confusing the questioning was, he explained that it is important to make the questioning confusing, so that the jury gets confused, as feels like they cannot find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. They were no objections made during the cross-examination. Attorneys can make an objection to the judge or question a piece of evident brought up during the case. After the defense was finished, cross-examine the first witness, the apartment contractor, who was the second witness was directly examined by the prosecutor and then cross-examined by the defense. During the time in which I sat in them were no objections made during any of the