Most juries bond with the prosecutor and the case agent. Only in the most unusual circumstances should you employ this tactic. The jury must not believe that by acquitting your client they are accusing the government of anything. You must convey to the jury through your spoken and body language that you respect the prosecution but that, in this particular case, by indicting your client, the prosecution made a mistake . Be competent but friendly.
Juries respect a self-confident trial lawyer.
They are not amused by a bumbling idiot. They usually hate an arrogant show-off. No matter what the alleged overarching crime is, if your client did not receive any ill-gotten gains or if the money he received was the normal fee, such as an attorney's fee, for the action he engaged in, the jury will be reluctant to convict. Juries are particularly loathe to convict professionals who did not collect over and above their normal professional fee. What You Will Prove Lay your case out in the opening statement in a confident yet friendly tone.