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A Good Start to a Long Day

(If you want the short cut to the good stuff skip down to the bottom. )Just finished a full day in the courtroom, most of that taken up by several probable cause hearings. In this jurisdiction, these hearings are basically mini-trials, but with a "some evidence of illegal activity by your client" burden of proof. The state doesn't need as many witnesses, and since the judge examines the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, credibility and impeachment aren't part of the hearing. Gen read more

Full post as published by Gideon’s Guardians on May 03, 2007 (boomark / email).