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The Wheel and the well-meaning relative

By Shawn Matlock

The second case I helped defend when I returned to Texas was a nasty aggravated sexual assault case. The facts were very bad, but that was only if they could be proven and both sides knew that was questionable. The State ultimately made an offer that was very good. We spoke to the client and had advised him to take it. We felt that he would, but he wanted to think about it and talk to his mother about it first. She was flying in that afternoon. As my boss, the great Tom Morgan of Midland, told me on the way out, "We're going to trial. He won't take the deal." I couldn't believe it. Was he in there with me? When I asked him how he knew that, he said one word," Mom." Tom was right. After speaking to his mother, the client was convinced that he hadn't done anything wrong...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).