Pre-trial
While there are unlimited stories to be told in a criminal case, there is only a handful of criminal defense theories. Some Other Guy/Gal Did It This criminal defense theory is pretty self-explanatory. What the witnesses are saying is true…
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In the criminal context misidentification is a phenomenon where victims or witnesses of criminal activity mistakenly identify one person as the perpetrator of the crime. When this happens the people making the identification become convinced that the person they identified…
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Everything that happens in the courtroom is your fault. Your witness got hit with something you never anticipated? That’s your fault. The other side made a devastating argument that you had no comeback for? That’s your fault. You slipped up…
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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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