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Court proceedings are the most public manifestation of the criminal justice process, the arena in which justice is very literally "seen to be done". This is especially true of the trial, generally assumed to be the stage in the process where the defendant has his or her day in court and the opportunity to assert innocence. The trial is a vial part of the adversarial system, and as we have seen the right to trial by one's peers, represented by the jury system, and as we have seen the right to trial by one's peers, represented by the jury system, is seen as a fundamental protection for the defendant against the power of the state. A Crown court trial has some of the appearance of a theatrical performance with costumes, ceremony, dramatic settings and seating for audience. These dramatic qualities are also evident in the cross-examination of witness to see who...

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