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MJOA

By Scoplaw

It's fun to win at the M-J-O-A. It's fun to win at the M-J-O-A. (To the tune of YMCA by the Village People.)  Yes, once again the state crumbles in the "bringing it" department, with some gentle help by the defense.  And it's all the more satisfying to win at MJOA after a 3 hour jury selection.  (By comparison, I think the testimony didn't even last for 25 minutes.)   Not my best arguments on this one, and things didn't go as smoothly as I'd normally like.  Due to the odd procedural footing, the argument was more like a glancing blow that knocked the state off a cliff, rather than a solid hit, dead-center, to the state's case.  But it was enough, and that's something.  It's great when you have a nervous client that gets calmer and more confident as things play out just like you told him they would...continue to full post

Full post as published by Scoplaw on April 15, 2008 (boomark / email).