[circlecity]

"In most states the prosecution gets its closing argument, then the defense. In most states the defense goes last, which is in line with the premise that one is innocent until proved guilty, and the defense gets one last stab an introducing reasonable doubt."

That's not true at all. The prosecution gets to go last because it has the burden of proof. That's true in Federal courts and I don't know of a single state where it's not true also. Karl doesn't know what he's talking about here.

[T-Bird45]

The prosecution gets to go last because it has the burden of proof. /I>

Thanks for confirming what I was thinking. Karl is generally well-informed so that assertion by him on the order of arguments caused me to question what I thought I knew.