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Public Pretender: Two Minutes A Client
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Two Minutes A Client. I am a defender in a county that handles new in custody defendants' appearances at 10:30 am every morning. People arrested on new offenses, picked up on warrants for missing court, picked up on warrant for alleged probation violations, or picked up alleged release condition violations are brought before a judge to have bail conditions and next hearing dates set. That shuts up the chatter. The room is quiet and people listen. Drug War Survival Skills.
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Public Pretender: Shortage of public defenders? Lock 'em up
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Monday, January 15, 2007. Shortage of public defenders? I am sure there has already been a lot of discussion about what is going on as New Orleans rebuilds its public defense system. A juvenile court judge locked up a chief defender for a few hours because there was not enough staff to handle the calendars. The chief defender did a good job of being diplomatic after his release. Criminal Defense / Criminal Law Links. Drug War Survival Skills. Legal Resource Center for Criminal Defense Practitioners.
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Public Pretender: April 2007
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Monday, April 2, 2007. Shows You What I Know. Good thing I haven't had any "lane away" issues recently or I'd have been embarassed. Mike tells me I was wrong about my previous post. I was. Geez! Serves me right for not posting in a few months. The statute was re-written in 2005, the old statute read:. State v. Anderson was a 2004 case interpreting the old version of the statute. The 2005 legislature (H.F. 1164) amended the statute to the new reading, it was adopted and the effective date ...National Lega...
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Public Pretender: Lock 'em up
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Sunday, December 17, 2006. Doug Grow in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune writes about spending money on prison. Criminal Defense / Criminal Law Links. Drug War Survival Skills. Legal Resource Center for Criminal Defense Practitioners. Links to Public Defender Offices Nationwide. Minnesota Criminal Court Forms. Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission. Minnesota State Law Library. National Criminal Defense College. National Legal Aid and Defender Association. Public Defense / Criminal Defense Blogs.
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Public Pretender: Tough Job
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Monday, January 15, 2007. This job is hard. It's draining. The worst feeling I have in this job is the times - usually short so far - when I lose the capacity to care. I go through stages where it's hard to listen to another sad story. There are times recently when good things happen. A case gets dismissed. A colleague wins a trial. Those are supposed to be times to celebrate because sometimes they are few and far between. Time to go read a book about zen. Criminal Defense / Criminal Law Links.
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Public Pretender: May 2007
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Monday, May 14, 2007. The allegations in the terroristic threats case involved client allegedly writing a letter while he was in prison to an inmate in a separate prison. The letter was long. The letter also had the most beautiful handwriting I've ever seen. Wonderful, flowing - the kind of style that deserves its own font. Client fired his first public defender, an excellent lawyer. He proceeded on his own for a few weeks. When he got to trial, the court, on its own motion, re-appointed my offic...Our c...
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Public Pretender: State Investigator: Sherburne County Jail Screwed Up
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Thursday, September 21, 2006. State Investigator: Sherburne County Jail Screwed Up. A state investigation concluded, to not much surprise, that Sherburne County Jail should have taken more care in housing the man who allegedly killed a guy being held in jail on a no insurance charge last month. The Star Tribune article is here. The Pioneer Press article here. Has more detail, including this nugget at the end:. Criminal Defense / Criminal Law Links. Drug War Survival Skills. Minnesota Criminal Court Forms.
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Public Pretender: New PD TV pilot filmed
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Saturday, June 9, 2007. New PD TV pilot filmed. According to imdb.com. Janeane Garafalo is starring in a newly created TV series pilot called "Law Dogs" which is about public defenders. More details here. Who knows if it will ever air? Or if it will be any good. Criminal Defense / Criminal Law Links. Drug War Survival Skills. Legal Resource Center for Criminal Defense Practitioners. Links to Public Defender Offices Nationwide. Minnesota Criminal Court Forms. Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission.
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Public Pretender: June 2007
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Friday, June 15, 2007. Local Victim Advocate Investigated. This story from the Star Tribune came out yesterday. And there is a follow-up in today's paper. It is about a Hennepin County victim-witness advocate who is under investigation for allegedly giving defense attorneys information about witness and alleged victim contact information. Quotes from the article that, to me, are particularly problematic:. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office received a tip recently from an informant that Kesha Green, 33,.
