DEFENDING THE GUILTY
Whenever someone finds out I am a criminal defense attorney they want to know, “How can you defend people who you know are guilty?” I want to ask them, “How can we not?” Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2013
SHOULD THEY STAY OR SHOULD THEY GO NOW
JURY DUTY AND JURY SELECTION
As lawyers gain more experience they become aware of what type of people they relate to and what type of people just don’t “get” them.
Every case is different, but we all have developed litmus test questions that we believe helps us to weed out jurors who we think won’t be fair to our clients. Continue reading
TLC 001 – JURY SELECTION AND JURY DUTY
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In This Episode:
Hear how lawyers decide which jurors they want to keep on their jury and which they want to excuse. Jury selection is a lot like speed dating. You have a very limited amount of time with strangers to decide if you want to keep them around or if you never want see them again. Also I offer tips to make Jury Duty a lot less painful.
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I offer a strategy for getting better at jury selection faster and how you can use this same technique to improve all aspects of your trial practice.
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OPENING STATEMENT
In state court, both sides are allowed to address the jurors before any testimony is offered. Legally we are supposed to merely lay out the facts of the case, telling the jurors who they will hear from and what they will hear. Continue reading
