Monthly Archive: March 2017
If you’ve handled a few criminal cases you’re familiar with the misidentification defense. Some other guy did the crime and one, two, or eight people saw that other guy doing the crime but they all mistakenly think your client is…
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Closing argument is almost every trial lawyer’s favorite part. Everyone is looking forward to it. Everyone spends hours fantasizing about that incredible closing argument they will give. With as much glory as it attracts, you’d figure there would be more…
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Cross examination is one of the toughest skills for a trial lawyer to become good at. While becoming great at cross examination is a life long journey, becoming a competent cross examiner is not very hard to do. If you…
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When putting a case together for trial the most important thing is to have a clear, objective view of the strength of the evidence. To help me stay objective I follow a ranking system. The system ranks the evidence based…
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