ORDER	STEPS IN A TRIAL
1. _________	a.	closing argument by the plaintiff's attorney or prosecutor
2. _________	b.	opening argument by the plaintiff's attorney or prosecutor
3. _________	c.	closing argument by defendant's attorney
4. _________	d.	opening argument by defendant's attorney
5. _________	e.	cross examination of plaintiff's or prosecutor's witnesses
6. _________	f.	direct examination of plaintiff's or prosecutor's witnesses
7. _________	g.	cross examination of defendant's witnesses
8. _________	h.	direct examination of defendant's witnesses
9. _________	i.	opening of the court
10._________	j.	verdict
11._________	k.	rebuttal argument by plaintiff's attorney or prosecutor
12._________	l.	swearing in of the jury
13._________	m.	deliberations by the jury
14._________	n.	judge's final instructions to the jury