Submission or argument; opening and closing
Sec. 1. (a) The parties may either submit or argue a case to the
jury.
(b) In the argument, the party with the burden of the issue has the
opening and closing. The party who opens must disclose in the
opening all the points relied on in the cause. If, in the closing, the
party who closes refers to any new point or fact not disclosed in the
opening, the adverse party has the right of replying to the new point
or fact. The adverse party's reply closes the argument in the case.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.32.
Last modified: May 24, 2006