LA REINA TRIAL TEAM TO GO TO STATE FINALS.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer For the seventh time, La Reina La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. High School's mock trial A simulated trial-level proceeding conducted by students to understand trial rules and processes. Usually tried before a mock jury, these proceedings are different from Moot Court proceedings, which simulate appellate arguments. team has out-lawyered the competition to claim a berth in the state finals set for next month. The 20-member team from the all-girl Catholic school in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. edged ahead of Oxnard, Buena and Channel Islands high schools, which faced off against one another for the countywide championship Thursday night in the county courthouse. Although the entire La Reina team turned in strong performances, coach Eileen De Bruno said student defense attorney Laura Ingman won a rare pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. victory that helped the team nose ahead. ``She was questioned very thoroughly by (Superior Court) Judge Steven Perren and she convinced him to drop one of the charges,'' De Bruno said. ``Having that happen gave her very good scores. And when you're talking just points between first, second, third and fourth place, something like that can make a difference.'' As county champion, La Reina will head off for the state finals in Riverside on March 26-28. The mock trial teams include students playing the roles of research attorneys, prosecutors, defense attorneys, witnesses, court clerks and bailiffs. Each side gets an hour to make its case for the conviction or acquittal The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been charged with a crime. Acquittals in fact take place when a jury finds a verdict of not guilty. of the fictional Shawn Brunetti, who faces murder, conspiracy and weapons charges. Local judges and lawyers oversee the trials and judge the ersatz er·satz adj. Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory. See Synonyms at artificial. attorneys. Eighteen Ventura County high schools participated in the first two rounds, which were held earlier this month in actual courtrooms at the county courthouse in Ventura. After Thursday night's trials, students, teachers and parents waited anxiously as scores were tallied to determine the winning team. ``The room was just filled with electricity,'' said Carol Cote, the mock trial coordinator. ``It was really wonderful. It really was.'' The approximately 65 judges and lawyers who participated in this year's event were impressed with the teams' understanding and attention to detail. ``They commented that they are always amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at how well the students grasp the law and that some grasp it better than students straight out of law school,'' said La Reina's De Bruno. ``It's good training. It teaches them to think on their feet.'' |
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