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RULE 6.2 OPENING STATEMENTS

Effective Date: 7/1/1981

After the jury is impaneled and sworn and the trial is ready to proceed, counsel for the plaintiff may make an opening statement to the jury. Counsel for the defendant may immediately follow with an opening statement to the jury or defer it until the plaintiff has rested.

Rule 6.2 was adopted effective July 1, 1981; explanatory note amended effective March 1, 2025.

SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of September 28, 2023, page 9.

Effective Date Obsolete Date
07/01/1981 View