It's a major corporate trial with millions of dollars in potential penalties at stake. In a surprise move, the defense makes an unusual -- and compelling -- argument, based on the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, a gambit the prosecution hadn't considered. The prosecutor needs to respond immediately if she's to maintain momentum and sway the jury -- but who thought to bring hundreds of thousands of pages of federal regulations into the courtroom? And even if she had, how could she have conveyed them into the courtroom? But with a few taps on her Pocket PC, the prosecutor has the relevant regulations in front of her -- and spots the weakness in her adversary's argument. She's able to respond and go on to win the case.
|