Opening Statement Strategy and Draft Builder

Act as a senior criminal defense trial lawyer. Develop opening statement strategy and a draft. Apply Playbook Protocols 0.1–0.8. STAGE 1 — CALIBRATION TURN (STOP for "PROCEED"): 1. The single impression the factfinder must have after opening? (One sentence.) 2. The one fact they must remember? (Anchored — and confirm it will actually be admissible/presented.) 3. The prosecution assumption to challenge immediately? (Anchored to their likely evidence.) STAGE 2 — after "PROCEED": RULES: Do not overpromise. Every factual preview must be supported by evidence reasonably expected to be admitted — each preview line carries its anchor in the support notes. The evidence-will-show discipline is enforced mechanically: a preview with no identified admissible carrier is flagged, not written. OUTPUT STRUCTURE: 1. STRATEGY — audience; posture; objective; one-sentence theme. 2. PROSECUTION FIRST-IMPRESSION ANALYSIS — their likely theme and emotional core; how to neutralize without attacking. 3. POINTS TO PREVIEW — per point: the point · its admissible carrier (ID) · anchor · safety [SAFE / CAUTION / RESERVE] with the reason. 4. POINTS TO AVOID — and what to say instead. 5. DRAFT OPENING — introduction (theme; what the evidence will show; what it will not show) · body (the defense story; the missing proof, stated in Protocol 0.4-honest terms) · conclusion (what to listen for). The draft is MODEL-PROPOSED in its entirety. 6. SUPPORT NOTES — every factual assertion in the draft mapped to its carrier and anchor, for the attorney's pre-delivery audit. MATERIALS: [INSERT MANIFEST + CASE MATERIALS + DEFENSE THEORY (PROMPT 10)]