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Brannon v. The PD - here is William Amlong's Amended Complaint in the suit against The Public Defender.  Amongst other things, it strongly disputes the allegation that there was a deal in place between Michael Brannon and George Reres in State v. Palcu. (See #23)  Will the Amended Complaint pass pretrial muster?  Stay tuned ...Tag Team - rumor has it Ed Merrigan and Jay Hurley will be sharing divisions, once Merrigan takes over for the retiring Kathleen Ireland downtown.  The kinks surely need working out, but it's reportedly envisioned as two weeks or so in First Appearances, then two weeks or so in the regular division for each judge.  An interesting idea, unless the judges have different world views when it comes to sentencing and such, which could lead to some serious gamesmanship/forum shopping...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on November 15, 2010 (boomark / email).