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Federal Criminal Defense

By Shawn Matlock

They say "Death is different."  This references the specific requirements for handling a death penalty case.  The same is true for federal criminal defense.  Bottom line?  If you don't know what you're doing in federal court, it's probably not the place to learn on your own.I remember when I first moved to Fort Worth.  The general consensus was that there were only a handful of attorneys that went to federal court.  I was told the reason for that was because most of the local defense bar was afraid of one of the federal judges.  I don't know if that's true or not.  But, the point is, at that time, there were few attorneys that ventured into federal court.Nowadays, there are more and more defense attorneys making appearances in federal court...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).