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If you get stagefright, read this
Stage-fright is common among lawyers, criminal defendants, witnesses, jurors and everyone else who appears before a judge and jury. In that regard, I understand that even Yul Brynner, with many performances of The King and I behind him, would still precede his stage appearances with...
“Innocent” can be a beautiful plea
The amazing Sunwolf inspires me to see reality as no obstacle in the fight for my clients. As I repeatedly tell my clients when advising them to plead innocent and go to trial, that is the only way to have a shot at beating the...
London Telegraph interviews me about terminated Yahoo! chief executive
On September 9, 2011, the London Telegraph quoted me about former Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz’s non-disparagement clause, concerning her public complaints that the Yahoo! board "f—- her over" and about the board as "doofuses". Although the article only covers snippets of my interview, I underlined to the...
Dealing with obsessed clients, empathizing with all clients, and getting to zero limits
In the past, when people asked me if I did family law, I sometimes would respond that I am more than happy for other lawyers to have to deal with levels of obsession among their clients that apparently are much higher than among criminal defense...
Beware speed radar and laser testimony
When police stop a car using radar or laser for speeding charges, I ordinarily only step into the picture for motions to suppress the stop and for jailable reckless driving charges in Virginia, as I do not tend to defend non-jailable moving violation charges. When I...
Winning requires battle, dirty hands and beyond, and transcending unfairness
In my second semester of law school, my eyes glazed over about the trade-school-sounding aspect of our moot court instructor’s intensely instructing us on the minutiae of using the right color for our appellate legal brief covers – blue for the appellant and red for...
Canada’s border rejection for DWI’s is another reason for being battle-ready in criminal court
Canada/the Great White North has many great places to visit. Beyond its cities is much natural beauty and a much lower average population per square mile than the United States. Quebec and Ontario are pleasant drives from my home. Get a drunk driving/DWI/DUI conviction (and numerous...
The Fourth Circuit rejects giving ESP powers to searching cops. Was this a Walking While a Young Black Male patdown?
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond is particularly conservative, unfortunately. Even though a president can try to overcome the Fourth Circuit’s conservative reputation by appointing judges not expected to be conservative, the Fourth Circuit’s judges may not overturn the court’s...
Tenth Circuit: Parties are permitted to strike jurors for their drug reform views
Image from public domain. Earlier this month, the Tenth Circuit gave the green light for parties to strike jurors for their drug reform views in criminal cases. U.S. v. Judah Prince, ___ F.3d ___ (10th Cir., Aug. 5, 2011). Prince was convicted for marijuana cultivation...
When the opponent gets angry or sarcastic, know the weakness that comes with it. (And a story of a courtroom SBD.)
The life of criminal defense lawyering inevitably faces the trial lawyer with seemingly numerous unpleasant and downright distressing people and situations. They run from yelling and seemingly underhandedly scheming lawyers, to lying and nasty opposing witnesses, to numerous judges who seem to be prosecutors in...