Closing Argument Draft
Your honor, counl, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, at the beginning of the ca, during the opening statement, we said that Mr. Sloan didn’t stage the break-in with the help of his caretaker Terry and file a fal or fraudulent insurance claim to the Lone Star State Insurance Company. What has that evidence turned out to be?
Up to now, 喜洋洋与灰太狼之have all of you been aware of what the cau of the ca today is? As Mr. Sloan told us, after the break-in happened on Oct.28th, he had his caretaker shipped some valuable items in his hou to Swiss for safe. This behavior made the Lone Star Insurance Company suspect whether Mr. Sloan staged the break-in and filed a fraudulent claim. The Company asked the police to investigate.
However, did you remember what Taylor Wi, the detective tell you just now? Did they make sure whether the jewelry was in the box shipped to Swiss or not? Of cour not. Did they confirm whether the jewelry was in the safe in Mr. Sloan’s den? Of cour not. Did they suspect? Yes, they suspect almost everything. Did they give us persuasive evidence to
day? Obviously, none. How can they suspect the victim himlf becau they can’t find the real person?
Luckily, Mr. Sloan had once shown the police a new way to think. His ex-girlfriend Coco had been dreaming of wearing the missing jewelry and had threatened to get it back and make Mr. Sloan feel sorry for breaking up with her. The police had investigated her. Taylor told you that Coco was wearing a ring that looked like one of the rings that had been stolen and she couldn’t offer the receipt. You will feel happy that the ca is going to the end. Unluckily, the police stop their investigation becau the police thought he had no legal basis for collecting the missing ring When he got the warrant, Coco was gone. T王珪hen, they didn’t exhaust all they could to find Coco, leaving so many reasonable doubts for us to judge today!
(Did you remember what Duke Remington, Coco’s brother tell you just now? He worried about her sister’s safety. Thus he gave the postcard with the postmark which showed where it came from to the police. But they had nothing to do with it. Poor Mr. Remington! )
How could the police draw the conclusion with such a suspicious character such easily and carelessly? Poor Mr. Sloan!
Since Duke was on the probation, it would not be wi for him to commit a crime again. What did he tell us? He expresd how he felt confud that Terry told him, from time to time to mind his own business and stop being so nosy. But Terry told you左右英文 why he told him to do so becau Duke had ex-cons, and if he were Mr. Sloan, he wouldn’t have hired a ranch hand like Duke. And Duke knew clearly that Terry didn’t like him. The prejudice between them will mess things up. Although they may tell the truth they know, the words they ud were full of their personal feelings which may mislead you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury and you, all the audience.
The 内分泌失调的药procutor once asked Terry whether the relationship between Mr. Sloan and him would influence his personal idea. Somebody may doubt whether Terry would do everything for his employer? Then think about the relationship between Mr. and Miss Remington. They held totally contradictory idea whether Coco had been told the break-in
when she was investigated by the police. Duke told us he could not understand the ntence “thank you for helping me get what was coming to me!!” Do any of you understand? (And he didn’多边形定义t give it to the police becau he knew it would be unfavorable to his sister, Coco! He said he worried about Coco’s safety, but he did nothing to help find and protect her.)
Plea look back on the facts which made you believe that the break-in was arranged.
The footprints? Size 8 is not unusual for men. The shoes can be bought in almost every supermarket. If determining a criminal mainly depends on the footprints, you can suspect a large number of people.
The fingerprints? I should say that they are unique. However, the police didn’t come to any conclusion that helped, even though they have professional technique.
Mr. Sloan was not in his hou. The alarms were broken. java的特点The light was broken, too. We don’t mean to deny the facts becau they were there. Terry happened to know all the coincidence becau his job required him to.
Last but not the least, you e, Mr. Sloan didn’t avoid talking about his loss in tech market. 蜻蜓点水If he intended to file a fraudulent claim to the insurance company, he could have denied, and he could even show us how much he owned nowadays. However, he didn’t. How come? Becau he didn’t feel guilty, thus, he didn’t need to explain.
Ladies and gentlemen, did you remember what the police tell us? He said “I heard through the Armedillo grapevine that Mr. Sloan was in financial trouble.” Did he give you any persuasive statistics that proof? O最长的英文名f cour not. As a matter of fact, as stated clearly, compared with the hou and ranch, $325,000 means nothing to Mr. Sloan.
Ladies and gentlemen, the jewelry which was worn by Mr. Sloan’s ex-wife, and which was kept for his loving daughter, was missing. If there had been a better method to heal him spiritually, he wouldn’t have turned to the police for help to find the bad guy who stole the valueless jewelry. Hoping to get back the memorial jewelry, Mr. Sloan called the police. How could he imagine that he himlf would be sued?
(The procutors gave me a lot of objections during the closing. They tried to prevent me
from analyzing the ca for you. However, the facts were there.)
