University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science
CS655: Programming Languages
Spring 2000

Mock Trial Roles and Schedule

Schedule

All deliverables are due by email to cs655-staff, and should be done in plain text email messages, except the Juror position papers which should follow the usual Position Paper Directions.

Date Who Deliverable Explanation

Thursday, 2 Mar (5pm) Prosecution Attorneys Charges Formal description of charges. The charges should attempt to quantify the harm caused by the Defendant, and argue that this harm is the result of gross negligence. After Judge approves, will send to rest of class

Thursday, 2 Mar (5pm) Prosecution Attorneys Witness List and Exhibits List of who your 3 witnesses will represent and any exhibits you will introduce in trial (include paper copy of exhibits that are not available on the Web); after Judge approves, will send to defense attorneys (and assign exhibits to Jurors)

Tuesday, 7 Mar (5pm) Defense Attorneys Witness List and Exhibits List of who your 3 witnesses will represent and any exhibits you will introduce in trial (include paper copy of exhibits that are not available on the Web); after Judge approves, will send to defense attorneys (and assign exhibits to Jurors)

Tuesday, 21 Mar (5pm) Attorneys and Witnesses (including Defendant) Depositions For each witness who will testify, send a list of questions and rough answers that will be used in the direct examination. These questions will be given to the opposing attorneys. You can change the questions you actually ask during the trial based on what happens with prior witnesses, but are not allowed to introduce any major surprises with your own witnesses.

Tuesday, 28 Mar (before 11am) Jurors Questions Prepare one question for any of the witnesses and email it to the Judge. Jurors will be called on to ask questions at trial.

Monday, 3 April (11:59pm) Jurors Judgements Write a position paper clearly arguing for a verdict of "guilty" (and suggest a sentence) or "not guilty". A full description of the expectations for this position paper will be provided before the trial begins.

Date	Who	Deliverable	Explanation
Thursday, 2 Mar (5pm)	Prosecution Attorneys	Charges	Formal description of charges. The charges should attempt to quantify the harm caused by the Defendant, and argue that this harm is the result of gross negligence. After Judge approves, will send to rest of class
Thursday, 2 Mar (5pm)	Prosecution Attorneys	Witness List and Exhibits	List of who your 3 witnesses will represent and any exhibits you will introduce in trial (include paper copy of exhibits that are not available on the Web); after Judge approves, will send to defense attorneys (and assign exhibits to Jurors)
Tuesday, 7 Mar (5pm)	Defense Attorneys	Witness List and Exhibits	List of who your 3 witnesses will represent and any exhibits you will introduce in trial (include paper copy of exhibits that are not available on the Web); after Judge approves, will send to defense attorneys (and assign exhibits to Jurors)
Tuesday, 21 Mar (5pm)	Attorneys and Witnesses (including Defendant)	Depositions	For each witness who will testify, send a list of questions and rough answers that will be used in the direct examination. These questions will be given to the opposing attorneys. You can change the questions you actually ask during the trial based on what happens with prior witnesses, but are not allowed to introduce any major surprises with your own witnesses.
Tuesday, 28 Mar (before 11am)	Jurors	Questions	Prepare one question for any of the witnesses and email it to the Judge. Jurors will be called on to ask questions at trial.
Monday, 3 April (11:59pm)	Jurors	Judgements	Write a position paper clearly arguing for a verdict of "guilty" (and suggest a sentence) or "not guilty". A full description of the expectations for this position paper will be provided before the trial begins.

Roles

The Prosecution

Prosecuting Attorney 1: Michael Walker
Prosecuting Attorney 2: Geoff Stoker
Prosecuting Attorney 3: Jianong Zhang
Prosecuting Attorney 4: Michele Co

Prosecution Witness 1: Andrea Rowan
Prosecution Witness 2: Mike Smoot
Prosecution Witness 3: Greg Yukl

Note: If you are a particular witness, it means you have first choice to impersonate the person suggested on the request form for that witness. If you decide you want to testify as someone else, that's fine, and someone else can decide to impersonate your suggested witness. Witnesses may testify in any order (unconstrained by the numbers used here).

The Defense

Defendant: Avneesh Saxena

Defense Attorney 1: Jeffrey Harry
Defense Attorney 2: Yiting Nan
Defense Attorney 3: Yu Lin
Defense Attorney 4: Yanlin Huang

Defense Witness 1: Peixian Li
Defense Witness 2: Anir De
Defense Witness 3: Pinchao Lu

The Court

Judge: David Evans

The Judge will rule on all matters of law based on his extensive and realistic legal knowledge from watching many episodes of The Practice. In addition to the usual "Objections" (e.g., badgering the witness), both Attorneys and Jurors may raise "Misrepresentation Objections" if they believe a witness is not acurately reflecting the views of whomever they are attempting to impersonate. The Judge will rule on these objections (taking into account any additional supporting evidence). The Judge will also limit the time allowed for opening and closing arguments and witness testimony and cross-examination.

Baliff: John Haskins

The Baliff will ensure order is maintained in the courtroom, and remove any unruly or contemptful persons with due recourse.

Jurors: Everyone else in the class

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