Occupy: What To Do If You Are Subpoenaed To Testify Before A Federal Grand Jury
Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Warren Zevon Author’s Note: I published this at Firedoglake/MyFDL on October 6, 2010 just after people, who had protested at the Republican National Convention in...
View ArticleThe Art of Cross Examination (Part 4) The Killer Cross That Never Happened
Author’s Note: This is a continuation of the Killer Cross. If you have not read the first part, please go here to read it, as it is important for the sake of continuity. Notice that each question is a...
View ArticleCombining the immunity hearing with the trial in the Zimmerman case is a...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Several of you, including Xena, Southern Girl and Towerflower, have asked me to comment on the possibility of combining an immunity hearing with the trial. I do not believe...
View ArticleFeaturing: Willis Newton regarding Zimmerman and the good-cop good-cop...
Monday, March 25, 2013 Willis Newton posted an excellent comment at 11:37 pm last night on the open thread regarding the defendant and the good-cop good-cop interview technique. The only correction...
View ArticleDzhokhar Tsarnaev should be Mirandized
Sunday, April 21, 2013 I write today to defend a fellow citizen’s Fifth Amendment right to remain silent during a custodial interrogation and his Sixth Amendment right to consult with counsel and have...
View ArticleMichael Dunn’s sentencing must be continued to avoid constitutional error
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Good morning: Judge Russell Healey said yesterday that he will announce his decision on Friday, regarding the defense motion to continue Michael Dunn’s sentencing until after...
View ArticleTsarnaev: To testify or not to testify, that is the question
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Good morning: The Fifth Amendment provides in pertinent part, No person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. This means that a...
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