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• Author: Jonathan Dichter/Bruce Kapsack
• Pages: 1-26

INNOVATIVE DUI TRIAL TOOLS

BY JONATHAN DICHTER

HIGHLIGHTS

With this update, author Jonathan Dichter shares some of his most successful DUI trial strategies.

CHAPTER 1 PRE-TRIAL DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE

Three new motions to suppress breath test evidence or dismiss the case:

• Motion to Suppress Breath Test Results—Observation Period

• Motion to Dismiss—Police Misconduct

• Motion to Suppress Breath Test Results—Manifest Injustice Affecting Fair Trial

NEW CHAPTER 1A CRAFTING YOUR CASE THEORY AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE (WITH CASE STUDY)

This chapter touches on all aspects of a trial from jury selection to closing argument and discusses how storytelling

f‌its into these trial skills.

• The power of story

• The science of story

• Six rules of storytelling

• How to seize the white hat

• How to construct a good theme

• Working backward from your conclusion

• Carrying your theme through the trial

• Your opening statement

• Creating engaging f‌irst lines

• Telling your story through cross-examination

• Your closing argument

• Case study and trial transcript

CHAPTER 4 CROSS-EXAMINATION

• The ARIDE program and cross-examination of the ARIDE off‌icer

NEW APPENDIX G STRATEGIES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ZOOM AND

REMOTE HEARINGS IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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