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Show v "-Ik T ' 'II liliiailnfliii mill f iiiimii null I Tliirrnftrniifiniimar mrn.il fmrn'-i r " !! n - Tom Anderson, head attorney, is only returning member of Layton High's Lawyers. Layton won championship after being be-ing defeated in finals last year. Carol Piercy, closing attorney, did superb job despite interruptions by presiding judge. Layton's student lawyers went undefeated this year. ILaytom High Students Learn About Court Trials In Person who had many objections from the (attorney's) bench. Dan Tuttle and Jennifer Daskevich were witnesses for the defense and Liz Pudlewski was bailiff. Team instructor is David Brimhall and Attorney Doug Durbano served as team coach. IN ADDITION to Judge Wilkins, who is a former State Supreme Court Justice, others serving on the judging panel were The Honorable John Farr Larson, retired juvenile court judge; and Dr. Richard Kendall, Utah Department of Education. The panel of judges were very complimentary of the student attorneys and other trial characters. "I THINK they were magnificant. I'm staggered about how well all of you did. You were just great and certainly should be commended for a superb performance." Judge Willins told both teams. While presenting the gavel to the winning school. Judge Larson commented: "YOU STUDENTS are as good - yes, even better than most young attorneys fresh out of law school. You have learned court procedures well and with the likes of you in the future, truth shall prevail." Dr. Kendall told the students that they will forget a lot of what they learn in school, but will always remember this night and this mock trial. AFTER 3 hours and 45 minutes of arguments, the panel of judges recessed about 15 minutes before returning with their "verdict." Judge Wilkins said the prosecution (Logan High) did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally inten-tionally killed his girlfriend, Trudy Taylor, and therefore the defendant, Sam Diamond, is innocent of second degree murder. THIS BROUGHT applause from the full courtroom of spectators. Cheers, laughter and tears followed when Judge Wilkins announced the Defense Team (Layton) as 1 9X4 Mock Trial champions. By GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor SALT LAKE CITY Layton Lawyers of Layton High School not only successfully defended their client, but they also won the State Mock Trial Championship in Third District Dis-trict Court in Salt Lake City. PAUL KOZLOWSKI was the defendant, on trial for second degree murder of his live-in girl friend in the small community of Wanship, Summit County. Of course, all the names and places used in the mock trial were ficticious. Roles of the attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs and defendant were students of Layton and Logan High Schools. THE TWO teams of student lawyers entered the championship cham-pionship round undefeated. Layton edged Woods Cross High in the semifinals 47-46. This year's championship, by a score of 45-43 over Logan High, was sweet revenge for Layton who lost by one-half point to Ogden in last year's finals. HEAD ATTORNEY Tom Anderson, Layton's only returning re-turning team member, was especially pleased with the outcome. out-come. "I thought we did a real good job, especially with all the interruptions from the judge," said Tom. "It sure is great to win it all." CLOSING ATTORNEY Carol Piercy was in tears at the end of her arguments. She had been interrupted by the presiding judge, The Honrable D. Frank Wilkins, seven times during her 10 minutes of remarks. "It wasn't fair," said Carol, who did a magnificant job in summation. "Judges in these mock trials are not supposed to interrupt during closing arguments and his interruptions threw me completely off track." SUSAN BURKE, opening attorney, also did a great job in defense of her client, as did Tom Anderson, head attorney, I t ... ii' mtsr' $W 4,-' . I I "'" "" tsf ' " ... 1 P'" A 1 iliifrv,ivvy,ft ffivt hi it-i if t--ii fly vti ifif 1 1 ii i rrtr n wrf i n m -r nfcW 'iWf - JJ-' x f I i'f!-Atffyti.iii,tr't''''j jwssmavsa mw. LAYTON LAWYERS - . . -. 1 ' -' .Ma, f Coached by David T. Brimhall, this group of student attorneys from Layton High defeated Logan High, 45-43, for state title last week in Salt Lake City. Left to right are Carol Piercy, closing attorney; Tom Anderson, head attorney; attor-ney; Paul Kozlowski, defendant; and Susan Burke, opening attorney. |