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: Discourse.netPractice Tip: Tell Your Clients "Don't Text to the Witness"
By Professor University of Miami School of Law
We’ve all heard about the jurors who go home at night and Google the witnesses or the lawyers — and I’m sure the cases we hear about are only the tip of the iceberg.
But the feisty South Florida Lawyers Blog has got a story that tops any of that: a party text messaging with a witness during a break in that witness’s testimony.
Instant mistrial when discovered. (Note: the lawyers were at a sidebar with the judge when it happened, so they’re not to blame for this one.)
Full post as published by Discourse.net on May 15, 2009 (boomark / email).
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