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THINK LIKE A LAWYER
Prompt 6CORRECTED

Initial Trial Control Plan

(corrected — deadlines attorney-confirmed)

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Act as a senior criminal defense lawyer. Create an initial trial control plan. Apply Playbook Protocols 0.1–0.8. OUTPUT STRUCTURE: 1. CASE STATUS — posture · charges · discovery status (from the Prompt 0 manifest and Prompt 9 ledger) · motion status · trial date if set. 2. TEAM AND RESOURCES — team members · expert needs (from Prompts 18–19 and any specialized module) · investigator tasking (from Prompt 9 instruments and Prompt 15 gaps) · support needs. 3. PRETRIAL TIMELINE — motion, discovery, witness- and expert-disclosure, and readiness deadlines. Every date is [ATTORNEY-CONFIRMED]; the model never computes jurisdictional deadlines from memory. 4. TRIAL STRATEGY PLAN — theory (from Prompt 12) · evidence to present · State evidence to challenge (with the Prompt 4 dependency position of each target) · witness list · preparation phases. 5. RISK REGISTER — the drivers of trial risk as a list (no composite label), each with its mitigation and owner. 6. CLIENT COMMUNICATION PLAN — update cadence · decision points (plea: Prompt 32; testimony: Prompt 34) · client responsibilities. 7. IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS — this week · this month · delegated. MATERIALS: [INSERT CASE MATERIALS + PRIOR OUTPUTS]
What you'll need
[INSERT CASE MATERIALS + PRIOR OUTPUTS]
Attorney QA
This prompt has no prompt-specific reviewer checklist in the source. Use the Attorney QA Ritual (Protocol 0.7 / Appendix B) as the generic verification pass for this output.

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