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The Best Defense: When defendants think they know more than the lawyers.
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Matters Affecting Criminal Defense Lawyers and their Clients. Tuesday, October 12, 2004. When defendants think they know more than the lawyers. They were all told to go with their police uniforms, and would accompany a federal task force agent who would tell any one who intervened that they were assisting the feds in a drug operative. Of the 11 or 12 original targets of the investigation, each was asked to recruit more officers for different deliveries, and told that they had to be different. Officers fo...
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The Best Defense: November 2004
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Matters Affecting Criminal Defense Lawyers and their Clients. Thursday, November 11, 2004. I have no good answers for you as to John Heart. Yesterday was the oral argument before the First Circuit of one of my former clients. Let's call him John Heart for now. I was about the fourth attorney John had. The first, a New Jersey attorney, ended up disbarred not too long after making his pro hac vice. Did John have a chance of being acquitted? Initially, John was being offered a plea for 25 years, which he ha...
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The Best Defense: "The 3 Offers Rule"
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Matters Affecting Criminal Defense Lawyers and their Clients. Monday, September 13, 2004. The 3 Offers Rule". See post at Macondo Law. About "But I still have 2 more offers" and other trends. Which is a good example of the difficulty in getting some clients to comprehend how plea bargaining even works. And, believe me, I always try to have them understand. View my complete profile. Other Blogs I Author. Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. TrialPrep - a PRACDL Blog. District of Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Elwood v. Jeter, No. 04-2253 (8th Cir. October 18, 2004)
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Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Since 1991 - an NACDL affiliate. October 18, 2004. Elwood v. Jeter. No 04-2253 (8th Cir. October 18, 2004). In Elwood v. Jeter. No 03-2633 (1st Cir. Sept. 9, 2004), which we first posted on here. And most recently here. Cites both to Goldings. And a number of district courts that have also ruled likewise. These are all cases you should know to assist your clients. District of Puerto Rico. PreTrial Services - PR. US Probation - PR. CJA Login - PR. No 04...
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Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Keeping the lid on Pandora's Jar - by the Bard of the Short Circuit
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Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Since 1991 - an NACDL affiliate. October 12, 2004. Keeping the lid on Pandora's. By the Bard of the Short Circuit. Circuit Judge Selya's opinion for the First Circuit panel in United States v. Watson and O'Hearn. United States v. Watson and O'Hearn. At 20-21. This is a good case for the defense to have at hand. And for your vocabulary as well. District of Puerto Rico. PreTrial Services - PR. US Probation - PR. CJA Login - PR. US Code - Cornell LII.
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The Best Defense: When Snitches are just Cooperating rather than Snitching
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Matters Affecting Criminal Defense Lawyers and their Clients. Tuesday, September 21, 2004. When Snitches are just Cooperating rather than Snitching. The term "snitch" never applies to one's client who -for whatever reasons- decided to cooperate. It is reserved for those who are shafting your client by helping the government. We go to battle against them presuming them to be liars, and we certainly try to show juries they are prevaricators of the worst kind and for the worst motives. Other Blogs I Author.
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The Best Defense: Penny-wise Pound-foolish on CJA Voucher Approvals
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Matters Affecting Criminal Defense Lawyers and their Clients. Monday, September 13, 2004. Penny-wise Pound-foolish on CJA Voucher Approvals. Explaining to him that, yes, even though he was acquitted of the murder charges in a previous local case before the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico courts, the feds are now alleging that he committed said murder in furtherance of the instant drug trafficking conspiracy and that they can present all of the evidence in the instant case, even though (at least pre- Blakely.
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The Best Defense: October 2004
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Matters Affecting Criminal Defense Lawyers and their Clients. Friday, October 29, 2004. I have set up a few Google alerts for such things as Blakely, mandatory minimum sentence, and the like. Here's one I received today:. FBI: Man arrested at eatery had mouth full of heroin. Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA. Assistant US Attorney David Jennings said at a hearing in US District Court that Jaquez faces a mandatory. Of 10 years and as much as life in . Tuesday, October 12, 2004.
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Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Must Read: Goldings v. Winn, No. 03-2633 (1st Cir. September 9, 2004)
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Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Since 1991 - an NACDL affiliate. September 18, 2004. Must Read: Goldings v. Winn, No. 03-2633 (1st Cir. September 9, 2004). In other words, a "place of imprisonment" is a penal or correctional facility that is a place of imprisonment. That is the government's circular definition pressed upon the First Circuit in Goldings v. Winn. No 03-2633 (1st Cir. September 9, 2004). In a faulty attempt to exclude. 374 F3d 23, 29 (1st Cir. 2004). Under § 3621(b...