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Federal Practice: Government-Please Call Again, Defense-Piss Off

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

After 15 years of practice, I'm not one of those lawyers who constantly bitch about the "unfairness of it all" (I just write about it).The case law is against us, the Government is pounding on us, the politicians, unable to work on any other social issue, create more silly laws to "protect" us, or actually, protect their seat.But lately I've noticed this trend in federal cases. Note: we bloggers tend not to write much about the bad shit in federal court for fear of, well, I don't know.Here's 4 examples of what I entitle "Government, please call again, defense, piss off:EXAMPLE 1Client re-indicted.Government CALLS magistrate judge chambers to place on calendar the new first appearance (a complete waste of time at that, but I digress).Notice issued...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).