Good trial strategy is to match the witness on the stand to the right prosecuting attorney if there's more than one, depending on various dynamics, gender, the jury and their makeup of male/female, etc etc. This is especially important when the defendant is on the stand.
Don't be too sad if it's not NL that does the cross exam of TM. The state is making decisions that they feel is best.
I couldn't have said this any better, Madeleine74!
There is a lot that goes into trial dynamics, that I think are so important to the success of a trial team.