...One way to win over a Jury...

I have read, and from speaking to people, that Jurors will make up their mind over who is the better Attorney and who has the better case VERY early in a Trial. Many of us believe that the Attorney who makes the best opening statement will win, unless his client and his witnesses fall apart. I tend to believe that, I have seen Jurors eyes glaze over and they fall asleep when an Attorney does a poor opening statement. So, I ALWAYS prepared VERY HARD to prepare for my opening statement. I also memorized as much as possible, and would rehearse in front of a mirror. I also did a rather crude method to memorize each section of my statement. I would make up a phrase for each section, and write them down. Then, a couple days before the Trial, I would rehearse the phrases, and in my mind, "NAIL THEM TO MY BODY!!!" So, after I stood up to give my opening, I would think of my feet, and the phrase that I had 'nailed' there would pop into my head. I would then think of my ankles, and the same would happen, and work my way up my body. I would also just sit, looking TOTALLY bored as the other side did their statement, trying to get the Jury to see that I wasn't concerned with ANYTHING he was saying.
Once, I got the opportunity to TOTALLY DISRUPT the other Attorneys opening statement. The rules are that you have to stay quiet during an opening statement, in order to let the other attorney present his case. Also, in CA, the Plaintiff gave the statement first, the Defense gave theirs, and then the Plaintiff attorney could do a rebuttal to the Defense opening statement. The Plaintiff has the burden of proof to establish his case, so he gets to reply in the opening of the trial.
We were in the Superior Court, and it was a BIG case, and the Plaintiff Attorney presented his case well in his opening. I got up, all I could do in the case was to minimize the damages to my client, so I did my best. I guess that I did well, because the plaintiff attorney was ANGRY when he did his rebuttal. Now...I have a very unusual last name, but it is a common word, and the Attorney began using it with common phrases that described my opening as being full of inaccuracies. ('Cept the phrase wasn't polite...

) I just sat, and began to get angry when he kept repeating the phrase...and I finally stood and quite loudly made an Objection that is NOT in any Trial Textbook...
..."OBJECTION YOUR HONOR, COUNSEL IS MAKING FUN OF MY NAME!!!".
I sat my butt down, thinking..."Did I just do what I did?"...
The Attorney stopped, and stared at me...the Judge also stared, but didn't rule on my objection...and I DID NOT ask for a ruling...

The Attorney finished and didn't use that phrase again...
I didn't look over at the Jury while this was happening, I wasn't thinking about them until I sat my butt down. But, I guess that it went well, I got an unexpected Verdict in MY CLIENTS favor, the Jury didn't give the plaitiff anything, and a few Jurors asked me for my business card at the end of the Trial.