Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Durham-in-Wonderland

Criminal Law

: Durham-in-Wonderland

Cooper Response: Durham Filings

By K.C. Johnson

Chuck Cooper, joined by Durham attorney Bill Thomas, also filed briefs opposing the motions to dismiss of Durham and various Durham employees (including ex-DA investigator Linwood Wilson). A summary is below. The Thomas/Cooper brief regarding Durham?s motion to dismiss opens by commenting on the intriguing tendency of each party to concede that wrongdoing occurred but to blame someone else for it. Citing a 1980 case (Murray), which held that ?the defendants should not be permitted to ?get off the hook? by merely pointing the finger at each other,? the Cooper brief recapitulates the blame game of Duke and Durham defendants. ?Durham Police officer Himan points at Nifong, as does the City of Durham. Durham Police officers Gottlieb and Addison point their fingers at Duke University and Nurse Levicy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on September 02, 2008 (boomark / email).