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Newspaper Reporters Love Affair With Prosecutors

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Well there was a big defense win in ultra-conservative Pensacola, Florida Friday. A young defendant was charged with vehicular homicide in the deaths of two people as a result of a car accident deemed drag racing by the prosecution. He had the honor of being represented by defense lawyer Jack Wilkins.As a result of the great work of Jack Wilkins, the defendant was found not guilty of the vehicular homicide and guilty of misdemeanor reckless driving.Wow, Jack Wilkins must be some defense lawyer to be able to refute the state's evidence in a case like this one where two people died.Clearly the public would want to know who the defense lawyer was and how this seemingly hopeless case turned into an almost across-the-board acquittal? What was the turning point in the trial? What was the impact of the defendant's testimony? How did Jack Wilkins attack the weak points, otherwise known as "poke holes" in the state's case?Here's the front page story from the Pensacola-News Journal:Man convicted of lesser charge in fatal crashMan convicted of reckless driving in what troopers called drag raceKris Wernowskykwernowsky@pnj...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on July 26, 2009 (boomark / email).