Atticus school of law, Liv Gooding, Madden Gillespie

Option #5  Atticus’ School of Law

By: Liv Gooding and Madden Gillespie

Option #5  Atticus’ School of Law

By: Liv Gooding and Madden Gillespie

• Rule #1

Let your defendant set up the scene:

“slowly but surely i began to see the pattern in atticus’s questions:from questions that mr. Gilmer did not see sufficiently relevant or immaterial to object to, Atticus was quietly building up before the jury a picture of the

How Mr. Ewell set up the scene. Mayella is always very forgotten and bored so it makes sense that she would kiss Tom because no one else would really kiss her pg.208

• Rule #2

Show how truthful defendant is:

“Atticus sometimes said the best way to tell whether a witness was lying or telling the truth was to listen rather than watch.” 219

• Rule #3

You should only ask questions that you know the answer to:

“Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to, was a tenet I absorbed with my baby-food” (201)

• Rule #3:

You should take a few seconds to be silent so that your accusation can soak in to the minds of the jury:

 “i looked down and saw atticus strolling around with his hands in his pockets: he made a tour of the windows, then walked by the railing over to the jury box. He looked in it, inspecting Judge Taylor on his throne, then went back to where he started. I caught his eye and waved to him. He acknowledged my salute with a nod, and resumed his tour. pg.238

• Rule #4:

You have the right to an attorney:

“If we didn’t have prosecutors-- well, we couldn’t have defense attorneys, I reckon.” Atticus talking about hateful talk from Mr.Gilmer pg. 226

• Rule #5:

Use past information from testimonies to then incorporate them later:

“Who beat you up? Tom Robinson or your father.”

No answer.

“What did your father see in the window, the crime of rape or the best defense to it?why don't you tell the truth, child, didn’t Bob Ewell beat you up?”