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Publicity .—Whenever this report is made, either in 
connection with a memorandum for the district law 
officer’s consideration of a case or as final report of a case 
conducted by a field officer, the investigator should take 
pains to note any special features that will help to make 
press publicity most effective. There are often angles 
in such cases which can be used to the greatest advantage 
and which only the man on the ground can supply. If 
he desires to submit direct copy for this purpose, so much 
the better. 
PREPARING FOR COURT. 
PLANNING THE COURT CASE. 
When the case in court is to be conducted by the forest 
officer, he will need also to plan in as much detail as pos¬ 
sible every item in the procedure. This plan may, of 
course, be upset by unexpected moves on the part of 
the defense, but a plan definitely made in advance is the 
only basis of success. Such a plan can be changed to 
meet exigencies; but only wandering and oversight of 
critical needs can result from leaving each step to be 
planned as you go. 
The plan should include: 
1. Scrutiny of possible jurors, and of any whom you 
should try to remove by challenge if an advance line 
on the panel is possible. 
2. Preparation of prosecution statement of the case. 
(See under “Court procedure” below.) If the accused is 
to plead guilty, this will be used as a statement of the 
circumstances of the case, for which the justice generally 
asks to guide his sentence. If he does not do so, the 
prosecution should ask permission to make such a state¬ 
ment, unless it is reasonably certain that the court is 
already cognizant of and sufficiently impressed by all 
the essential features of the case. If leniency is recom¬ 
mended, on account of a confession, or of extenuating 
circumstances, minimum sentence should usually be 
asked. Reserve request for suspended sentence for very 
special merit; too many of these are dangerous. 
