Motion+to+Suppress

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 * Defense -**

Use this link to help you search for appropriate cases. Search for Massachusetts Cases. Start with this case Kennedy. Also see Brennan

Also check out this standard Miranda warning card

And the elements of drug offenses [|Possession with Intent to Distribute] [|Possession of a controlled substance]

Steps for working up the motion: 1. Decide who is going to do what role. You need the following

Prosecution: Two attorneys, Detective Shawn Best, Officer Peter Haley

Defense: Two attorneys, Kerry Moon, Jerry Garcia

2. As a team, come up with a general theory of the case. Why should the evidence be suppressed/not suppressed? 3. Look at the cases that support your argument. The facts should match your case and the decision should have gone your way in that case, however, you may find other information in a case that did not go your way that still helps. 4. Be familiar with the cases that go against you that your enemy may use. 5. Create an outline of what you want to do at the motion hearing. This includes questions and answers for examining witnesses as well as cases for framing your argument at the end. 6. Prepare your witnesses to tell their version of the facts in the light most favorable to you. Where the police report does not provide facts, you may make them up. Your stories must be reasonable (don't make up stuff that is too crazy or unbelievable) 7. For attorneys and witnesses: [|Write a brief memo] citing your cases, explaining how they help you, and why the cases your enemy used are wrong. Include facts from testimony in the hearing.