u/TacitusKilgore2025

I am a relatively newer court appointed attorney in a county where not much goes to trial so I’ve never had a jury trial. This summer, I will likely have two (one misdemeanor, one felony).

On the felony, I have been working in the case for about 5 months. We had a very lengthy probable cause hearing so I feel like I have a good control of the facts, the outlines of witnesses, and a good transcript to go off of. The misdemeanor I’ll have about 2 months with before trial.

So how much dedicated time should I take for trial prep? I’d like to block off some time the week before to just do trial prep if possible, but I’m not sure how much is reasonable. What would you recommend?