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Court Decorum

Courtroom convention requiring the accused to sit further from the jury and the DA closer.

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Generally, court decorum requires that the person who's accused of a crime sit further away from the jury and the DA actually sit closer to the jury. So, let's say you go in and the jury panel's over here to the left, the district attorneys will be sitting here, and then the defendant and their attorney will be sitting to the opposite side. And then you have the judge in front of you.
Alexis Austin Litle · Right Law Group's Criminal Defense Attorney, Alexis Austin, Explains the Jury Trial ProcessWatch clip ↗

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Generally, court decorum requires that the person who's accused of a crime sit further away from the jury and the DA act...

Alexis explains: "Generally, court decorum requires that the person who's accused of a crime sit further away from the jury and the DA actually sit closer to the jury. So, let's say you go in and the jury panel's over here to the left, the district attorneys will be sitting here, and then the defendant and their attorney will be sitting to the opposite side. And then you have the judge in front of you."

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