What are Trial Exhibits and why are they needed?

 

A: Trial exhibits are used to make your case come to life during a trial. Documents, which can be boring, are enlarged to show to a jury exactly what was done, so the jury can actually see for themselves what we are talking about.

An exhibit can be a model of part of your body that an expert will use to show what happens when a surgical procedure is performed.  An exhibit can be an illustration or computer reenactment to give the jury an understanding of what happened.

Anytime words are used to explain something by witness, it is always helpful to show a jury a real example of what we are talking about. It is more interesting when the jury actually gets to see and learn from the illustration, diagram or enlargement.

Gerry practices law exclusively in the State of New York. Within New York he practices primarily in the following counties: New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk. Technically, Brooklyn is known as "Kings County," and Manhattan and New York City are known as "New York County." Staten Island is known as "Richmond County." These counties make up the New York metropolitan area.