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Night Court 
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Post Frequency: 0.1/day Last Entry: January 18, 2008 at 17:02:00 Recent Entries: 12
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Mentally Ill Clients
Posted on January 18, 2008I took a phone call from a new client today. His name is Andy Meyers. This call was the first contact I've had with him. He's charged with domestic violence assault and the police report said "There is a premise entry for the listed address, advising officers to use caustion when dealing with the arrestee...
Follow up to the Suicide Letter
Posted on November 14, 2007My very first post was about a suicide letter I got from a client. You can read it here.So anyways, he survived that suicide attempt. He called me three weeks later, but didn't leave a contact number. I had no way to call him. He left a brief message on my voice mail...
Man in the Park
Posted on November 13, 2007I got the new case file the same way I get all my new cases: a thin manila folder with a blue sticker on the index tab. The sticker has my client's name, my name and a three letter code, indicating the charge. My client, Gary Borchest, had the code IEX: Indecent Exposure...
Public Defender Gets Laid
Posted on October 30, 2007Well, the long sexless dry spell that started on July 4th at approximately 5:30 in the morning came to an end last Friday. I brought a cool hippy girl with long blond dreadlocks to a punk show. It was our first date. We were close to the mosh pit, and the show was pretty crowded, maybe 300 or 400 people...
How to Get on a Judge's Good Side
Posted on October 25, 2007I noticed one of the Night Court judges had a flat tire on her car as I was leaving the courthouse today. I knew it was her car because I'd previously seen her leaving work in the vehicle, a silver Camry. I went up to judicial and let the front desk know she had a flat...
Public Defender Goes to a Concert
Posted on October 21, 2007This weekend I drove out of town to meet up with my best friend, and to see a free concert with some excellent bands that I really dig.Best friend has a New Girlfriend who came with us. She was an intern at the newspaper he works at. That's how they met...
Skinhead Victims
Posted on October 18, 2007My case was the hot topic of conversation in the courthouse today.I recently lost an assault trial. My cleint Dwayne House, a tall black man, hit the victim, Emily Metzger, while they were at a popular nightclub. Mr. House accidently spilled Ms. Metzger's drink and after he refused to buy her a new drink, she called him the "N" word...
Toothless Prostitute
Posted on October 16, 2007How did Marie Shaper, charged with prostitution, lose most of her teeth by age 24? When I met her, she was in custody, in the courtroom.When my clients are transported from the county jail to court they are dressed in construction worker orange jumpsuits, and handcuffed by the wrists and ankles...
Nipple Cream
Posted on October 10, 2007Your since of social justice fades when you get clients like Juan Sanchez. He?s not charged with a sex crime, but I think the way he satisfied one of the elements of his crime, disorderly conduct, puts him securely into the creep zone. Here?s the police report (reprinted in it?s entirety):?While working off duty at Bowling Green Place Mall, I was advised of a disturbance at Pee In A Pod...
DUI Jury Trial with an Intern
Posted on October 01, 2007I just finished a jury trial today. The charge was DUI, and my client was convicted of the crime. As a criminal defense attorney, losing is to be expected.I think that's the hardest part of my job. No one wants to be a loser. Our culture is built on winners...
Suicide Letter
Posted on August 27, 2007Today, I got an unsolicited, personal letter in a manila envelope. It was from Randy Lawson. He wrote me a suicide letter. I've never met Mr. Lawson before and he has never met me. Imagine for just a second getting an unsolicited suicide note in the mail from someone you don't even know...
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He is a very smart man who is always looking for ways around things. The judge granted our divorce for December 12,2007, and my ex-husband told me that he just got married just before Thanksgiving. He is a student at Cal
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is===1How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...
Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...
He is a very smart man who is always looking for ways around things. The judge granted our divorce for December 12,2007, and my ex-husband told me that he just got married just before Thanksgiving. He is a student at Cal
i can answer that for you. with all due respect. better your own life just as i ...
Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...
How can I get my parents away from my bulling brother?
First of all, if you are paying your lawyer, you should not be on the back burne...
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