Defense Attorney: “I am moving to suppress the officer’s testimony.” Prosecution: “Why? We disclosed the evidence as soon as we got it.” -Flashback 12 hours- It is the night before tria...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2015/eve-of-trial-evidence/
Stephen Lemons | New Times As Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery fights to keep Debra Milke behind bars pending a retrial on her overturned murder conviction, he also is fighting a proposed...
Here is latest news article on the Milke case. It discusses the potential conflict of interest issues with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) prosecuting her case after the 9th Circui...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2013/milke-wants-mcao-conflicted-off-the-case/
I have seen jury consultant Robert Hirschhorn lecture several times (and stolen lots of his material for my own cases.) When It was revealed he worked on the Zimmerman case, I immediately underst...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2013/zimmerman-verdict-a-behind-the-scenes-fact/
Yesterday I included the Milke case as one of my favorite Brady decisions. For the non-lawyers, Brady refers to the U.S. Supreme Court case of Brady v. Maryland which held that when the governmen...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2013/the-milke-case-moves-forward/
“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” says George Zimmerman. Answer – a guilty verdict. http://tinyurl.com/pzudpa7
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2013/knock-knocking-your-way-to-a-guilty-verdict/
This month the Arizona Court of Appeals rejected the argument that a judge does not have the discretion to hold a pretrial hearing on the reliability of scientific evidence. Since January 1, 2012...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2013/arizona-case-law-update-the-first-daubert-decision/
At the core of the United States Constitution is the principle of Due Process. In its most basic form, this principle provides that the government must respect all of the legal rights owed to t...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/if-its-broken-does-it-matter-who-broke-it/
I have done a number of speeches on DUI prevention. During my speeches I always try to show what happens when a drunk driver kills another person. It is easy to communicate what happens to th...
https://arizonacriminaldefenseblog.com/2008/why-murder-never-goes-unpunished/