6.1 The Trial's Stages (Where the Participation Sits)

The criminal trial before the district court (the fixed order): The charge's framing and the plea (the accused's guilt-admission or denial); The prosecution's evidence — the witnesses' examination-in-chief, cross-examination, re- examination (the evidence law's relevance-and-competence discipline); The accused's statement (the court's questioning — Unit 3.4's paper); The defence's evidence, if any; The final arguments (the behasnote's oral delivery — the moot's usual simulation-point); The judgment — acquittal or conviction, then sentence or release. The civil trial's parallels: the issues' framing → the plaintiff's evidence (the chief-cross-re again) → the defendant's evidence → the arguments → the judgment → the execution (the decree's life). The moot usually simulates stage 5 (the final argument) or an appellate/bail hearing — but the participant must know the whole ladder, because every argument refers to what happened on each rung.