Opening statements are often given short shrift, perhaps because N.J. R. 1:7-1 and our case law direct that opening statements are limited to a succinct statement of the legal theory to be advocated ...

Jeff S. Korek and Abraham Z. Melamed write that although the theory is rooted in a U.S. Supreme Court decision more than 130 years old, it is a decision that has never been overturned, and is aged ...