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 * Opening statements will start the trial, and will last no longer than 8.5 minutes. The defence will begin, and then the prosecution will follow.
 * Witnesses will be called as in this order. The order will be as followed: Judge Taylor: Jessica. Calpurnia/ Mrs. Robinson: Joelle. Mayella Ewell: Kathryn. Mr. Cunningham: Bekah Hartman. Mr. Tate: Matt Rowe. Dr. Reynolds: Mike Good. Nathan Radley: Vanessa Miller. Scout: Amy K. Jem: Andrew. Atticus Finch: Matt L. Arthur Radley: Gerald
 * The judge, and not the prosecution or defense, will call the witnesses to the stand.
 * After that the bailiff will swear in the witness with the book, saying "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God." Note, saying God is only optional if the witness is of a different faith, in which they will be sworn in by the name of their god.
 * Then, if the prosecution and defense team are asking different questions, the attorneys from Texas will be asked their question first. The Judge must be notified if the questions are different from inside the teams so that this order may be put into place.
 * The prosecution will be asked if they have any questions before the defence team.
 * The attorney who is questioning must stand before asking any questions to the witness, or speaking to the jury.
 * Attorneys may talk to the jury before the actual questioning of the witness, but only about what is to come up in the questioning.
 * When a witness is on the stand, only one team of attorneys may ask a question at a time, but attorneys may take turns questioning the witness, as long as they notify the judge of this before the witness is questioned.
 * After one side is done presenting, the other side may question. Then, if obligated the other attorneys may ask up to five follow up questions. Then, the other side may ask five follow up questions as well, but further questioning of the witness is condoned.
 * Objections may be based on facts from the criminal journal (the book), leading the witness, badgering the witness, relevancy, first hand accounts (which is the only thing that the witness may testify to, they cannot testify as what someone else has said). The objections by the attorneys may occur at anytime during the examination of a witness.
 * Evidence may be presented at anytime during the lawyers questioning, but only by the lawyer who is questioning. The evidence must first be presented to the Judge, either before the case, before the witness is questioned, or during the questioning, but before the question is asked about the evidence.
 * If a witness is found to be lying, the will be held in contempt of the court. They will not be able to finish the questions with the attorney who has caught them lying, and only three questions may be asked by the next attorney.
 * If a witness is held in contempt of court, he/she will be escorted to the back left corner of the room and must sit in a desk alone. 
 * Objections may be based on evidence. If they have something in the book to support them, even if it is just paraphrasing that is used, relevancy of the objection is increased.
 * You cannot ask the same question multiple times if answered each time. If more than twice that they have answered the question, and you ask again, you may be objected for badgering the witness.
 * No foul language, or harsh terms may be spoken in the court unless quoted from the evidence log (book). Threats/threatening gestures will be punished by the judge, and will result in the attorney/witness/juror to be held in contempt of the court.
 * A two minute recess will be held at the end of the witness questioning. If the prosecution or defence teams have anymore questions for a witness, in which they did not ask any of the 5 follow up questions they were allowed, they may talk to the judge who can call the witness back to the stand.
 * After all questioning is done, the closing statements will be given. They will be no longer than 8.5 minutes. The prosecution will go first and then the defense.
 * If the jurors come to a tie, the judge will ultimately be in charge of the final verdict. Before the judge makes his verdict, the jurors will be allowed one re-vote.