<p>Haha, silverturtle, my friend on the team says that your team could have been one of the schools that our school’s team crushed. (his words)</p>
<p>^ Recently? We’ve only gone to one tournament so far this year, and we did alright (would have gotten first if it weren’t for a single, blatantly biased judge; we got second).</p>
<p>That’s so wierd 23 people… we have 10. 2 Attorneys each side, 2 witnesses, and a bailiff for each side. Our case was interesting… it was about 14th amendment due process rights to dead bodies.</p>
<p>MEEE. :D</p>
<p>People v. Fletcher
State Attorney</p>
<p>We’re staring with “Pat Parker vs. Village of Empireville and Board of Trustees of the Village of Empireville”</p>
<p>^New York has a civil case? Interesting.</p>
<p>Our team is halfway through the guaranteed 4 rounds, and we’ve won both so far. Our performance in the next 2 will determine whether or not we make the 8-team, single-elimination playoffs.</p>
<p>I kinda wonder if anybody on CC is in my county. Or if I’ve scrimmaged somebody in CC without knowing it.</p>
<p>I’m a mock trial nerd too! </p>
<p>Gabrielle Garcia LaQuinta vs. Jed Hill at Yale. It was the New Hampshire state competition, which we entered even though we’re in connecticut… I was an attorney for the defense. We actually just competed today.</p>
<p>Our CT competition was in early December, The State of New Justice vs. Leslie Williams, during which I was also a defense attorney.</p>
<p>Anyone else miss mock trial when it’s over?</p>
<p>Like the mock trial nerd I am, I decided to look over the cases that people have been posting (instead of doing my homework :)). Anyway, I’ve found that a lot of these cases are civil and seem kinda boring (except the New Hampshire car crash one). Also, it seems like all of these cases only have 3 witnesses per side (as opposed to CA’s 4 per side). </p>
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<p>After we lost county finals last year, it seemed like an entire part of my life just went out the window. So yes, I missed it terribly after the end of last season (as did my teammates).</p>
<p>just lost in district semi finals but our case was estate of Simone Langston v. Dr. Lefu Harrison</p>
<p>For our CT competition, (I’ve done two of them,) the ones I’ve done were criminal cases. I was disappointed when I found out the NH case was a civil one, cuz I thought they were boring. Ironically, this one had a dead body when our other criminal ones didn’t. But the case was actually interesting and really fun.</p>
<p>We always only have 3 witnesses per side, I didn’t know CA did it differently. That’s kinda cool.</p>
<p>I started missing mock trial the day after our competition was over. It’s such a huge part of your life, when it’s over, it’s just like… “What am I supposed to do with myself now?” My life has no meaning. :P</p>
<p>We took second place at the Yale competition, so that was pretty awesome.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I looked at the case packets with 3 witnesses and the statements are definitely longer (though I did see one case where the statements were just 1 page long each). Also, I saw some where the statements were paragraphs in a numbered list, which I thought was kinda weird.</p>
<p>If any other nerds want to read through CA’s case, it’s here (password is mt46crf): <a href=“http://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/people_v_woodson_dl.pdf[/url]”>http://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/people_v_woodson_dl.pdf</a></p>
<p>Like the mock trial nerd that <em>I</em> also am, I did go and look through your case. I thought your witness statements were pretty long. Our CT ones are usually 2-3 pages, though our Leslie Williams vs. The State of New Justice statements were rather short. The case you’re talking about with paragraphs in a numbered list was probably my NH car crash one. I thought that format was really weird too. I’m used to them being a whole long statement, just with line numbers on the side. It’s much easier to find your place that way too.</p>
<p>It also helps when you’re impeaching a witness on cross to have the line numbers lining the side of the page.</p>
<p>I completely agree.</p>
<p>Me!
Civil case involving a teenager driving after consuming alcohol.
I’m the defendant (the parent, not the teenager)
We just finished our first round, going on to the next…</p>
<p>^Do you have the link to the case online? Also, which state is this?</p>
<p>Glubad-
Was your case Gabriel Garcia LaQuinta vs. Jed Hill by any chance? With Paris being the drunk teenager, and GGLaQ being the parent (you)? That’s the case I did last Saturday at Yale. Was yours the New Hampshire state competition?</p>
<p>Did anyone attend the tournament in Chicago today (the Northwest Suburban Bar Association one)?</p>
<p>Nope.
It’s Maryland. Spangler et al v. Lechter et al.</p>
<p>314159265: I can’t find it online. I don’t think they post it…</p>
<p>Oh, wow. Your case sounds a lot like mine. Then again… the parent in our case wasn’t the defendant, she was on the plaintiff.</p>