So Does Psychodrama Help Make You A Better Trial Lawyer?
I often wonder if my in work to become a better trial lawyer,, I don’t overdo the psychodrama aspect of it. I probably should let each of you know that i firmly believe that by working on the horse and...
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Stop, pick a juror
Last week I was working on preparing a client (lets call her “Witness” for cross-examination, and I explained how police are trained to testify. First, they take classes on how to testify effectively...
View ArticleInvent, disrupt, inspire
“Invent, disrupt, inspire” – Paul Luvera comments on this motto of a research company: One speaker ran a research company that was constantly looking for new and imaginative ideas. The motto of the...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Cried Wolf
“Nobody believes a liar…even when he is telling the truth!” My son is four years old now, soon to be five. He’s gotten into the habit of coming in while I’m working on the computer and telling me...
View ArticleSnarky
In a recent trial I subpoenaed an assistant solicitor to testify; why doesn’t matter. While we were proffering the assistant solicitor’s testimony outside the presence of the jury (the prosecutor had...
View ArticleCross-Examination: Science & Techniques
This book, by Larry Pozner and Roger Dodd, was the first law-book that I bought after I graduated law school. It’s a bit pricey (particularly on a public defender salary, which is what I had at the...
View ArticleU.S. v. Sowards – visual estimate of speed does not justify traffic stop
In U.S. v. Soward, decided yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a deputy’s bullshit claims that he was able to determine a vehicle’s speed based on his “training and experience”...
View ArticleWin Your Case
In Win Your Case, Gerry Spence describes his approach to trying cases, and essentially lays out the method that is shared at Spence’s Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming. He begins with the importance...
View ArticleState v. Black – impeachment of witness by remote manslaughter conviction...
In State v. Black, decided October 3, 2012, the S.C. Court of Appeals held that impeachment of the defense’s only corroborating witness with a manslaughter conviction that was more than 10 years old...
View ArticleState v. Pradubsri – cross-examining the snitch as to charges, potential...
In State v. Pradubsri, decided May 1, 2013, the S.C. Court of Appeals re-affirmed that a defendant must be permitted to cross-examine a cooperating witness on the length of any potential sentence of...
View ArticleCan a Lawyer Win Every Case?
Every case can be won. But how? I’m not saying that I win every case, or that any lawyer wins every case – that’s a myth that you see on the television and in the movie theater. But, I firmly believe...
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