If you ultimately decide to go to trial on your criminal charges, your trial will begin with jury selection, in which potential jurors are questioned by the prosecution and your attorney for potential biases or other disqualifications, in order to assemble a fair, impartial jury. The trial itself will begin with opening statements from the prosecutor and your attorney, in which both lay out the evidence they expect to introduce at trial. The prosecution gets to present its evidence first; your attorney will also have the opportunity to cross-examine any witnesses presented by the prosecution. Then you and your attorney will have the chance to present evidence and witnesses; you are not required to testify at your trial, but if you do, the prosecution will have the opportunity to cross-examine you. Finally, the trial concludes with closing statements from the attorneys, after which the jury will deliberate the evidence and reach a verdict.