Subdivision 1. Initial Procedure. At the beginning of the trial, if the court has not previously determined the following information at a prior hearing, the court shall:
(A) verify the name, age and residence of the child who is the subject of the matter;(B) determine whether all necessary persons are present and identify those present for the record; and(C) determine whether notice requirements have been met and if not whether the affected persons waive notice. Subd. 2. Order of Trial. The order of the trial shall be as follows:
(A) the prosecuting attorney may make an opening statement, confining the statement to the facts that it expects to prove;(B) the child's counsel may make an opening statement, after the prosecutor's opening statement or may reserve the opening statement until immediately before offering the defense evidence. The statement shall be confined to a statement of the defense and the facts expected to be proved;(C) the prosecuting attorney shall offer evidence in support of the charging document;(D) the child's counsel may offer evidence in defense of the child;(E) the child's counsel and the prosecuting attorney shall have the right to cross-examine witnesses;(F) the prosecuting attorney may offer evidence in rebuttal of the defense evidence, and the child's counsel may then offer evidence in rebuttal of the prosecuting attorney rebuttal evidence. In the interests of justice the court may permit either the prosecuting attorney or the child's counsel to offer evidence upon the original case;(G) at the conclusion of the evidence, the prosecuting attorney may make a closing argument; and(H) the child's counsel may make a closing argument. Subd. 3. Trial on Stipulated Facts. By agreement of the child and the prosecuting attorney, a determination of the child's guilt may be submitted to and tried by the court based on stipulated facts. Before proceeding in this manner, the child shall acknowledge and waive the rights to testify at trial, to have the prosecution witnesses testify in open court in the child's presence, to question those prosecution witnesses, and to require any favorable witnesses to testify for the child in court. The agreement and the waiver shall be in writing or orally on the record. Upon submission of the case on stipulated facts, the court shall proceed as in any other trial pursuant to Rule 13.
Amended effective 1/1/2011.