Depending on the circumstances of the case, there may be additional motions and/or plea negotiations that take place throughout the trial as well. Some of the most common include (but are by no means limited to): standard objections to evidence / testimony, motions to exclude evidence (these motions apply to a number of different issues that range anywhere from excluding newly discovered evidence to excluding coerced confessions to excluding unnecessarily gruesome photos to excluding the sexual conduct of a sex crime victim), (more on our website)