Example of Opening Statement

It is known as opening statement, to the pronouncement made at the beginning of a legal instance, here the allegations that correspond to each party are expressed, where they will express the version corresponding to each part of the litigation.

The use of this instance "Opening statement" is handled in all legal matters, regardless of the initial cause of the corresponding trial.

In this instance both the initial facts, testimony of the offended party as well as the accused or the offended are expressed.

This type of allegation has precedents, mainly from the North American oral trial, which have recently been adapted by North American influence to the legal framework both in Mexico and in Latin America.

Simple example of opening statement:

Opening argument made by the public prosecutor in a robbery case:

C judge, assistants, This case corresponds to a person who habitually carries out robberies.

Facts

On April 25, 2014, at approximately 12:00 hours, Ms. María López left her work with a total of 155,000.00 pesos, which she had stored in her purse.

While waiting at the bus station, she noticed that a person with a fair complexion and a large size of approximately 1.80 stood behind her and with a knife in hand took the money she had.

Upon being alluded to, Ms. López requested help from the auxiliary police, who followed him and captured him when he hid in a multifamily located on the corner of Union Street and Av. Riva Palacio.

When we met at the offices of the public prosecutor's agency, the subject who was detained, who was recognized by the victim, a person who was found with the belongings of the offended.

It should be clarified that based on article 16 of the Constitution, and appealing to the criminal adjective law, record and prosecute those who have been detained in flagrante delicto or immediately after committing the crime.

Therefore, as an agent of the public prosecutor's office, I ask that the accused who answers to the name of Mariano Vargas Pérez, the judgment that based on articles 14 and 17 of the Constitution is made, he has the right to be submitted.

Likewise, since the crime has been committed in a fraudulent, violent and malicious manner, betrayal and advantage, I request that preventive detention be carried out and that the process be carried out in jail.