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MONDAY NOTES

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PD v. Brannon - State v. Palcu has taken an interesting turn.  The trial rebooted today before Tom Lynch, minus a witness.  Dr. David Martindale, the defense expert on bias, has indeed been stricken by APD George Reres.  No one can say for sure what's happening, but things are reportedly smoking hot behind the scenes.  Developing ... State v. Alan Ruff - APDs Bruce Raticoff & Erin Veit defend Ruff on First Degree Murder charges for the seventh time.  No, not seven different murders, but the same set of facts for the seventh time.  Raticoff has tried it six times already, and squares off against ASA Pete Holden for Holden's fourth bite at the apple.  Dave Frankel prosecuted the case three times too, for a grand total of three hung juries, two mistrials, and an overturned conviction to date...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 20, 2010 (boomark / email).