thunderchicken
Grandmaster
Just as so many other here, based on the videos and supported by the prosecution witness that even stated he was only shot after pointing his pistol at KR, I don't see anything to support/justify the charges.
However just for conversation sake maybe the lawyers here can help me wrap my mind around a couple things.
1-as a lawyer do you have a general idea for how the judge handles these cases before the trial starts? Like maybe when it is assigned to the judge?
I ask because as a former court deputy, we generally saw the same handful of lawyers in the courtroom almost daily interacting with the judge. We knew certain lawyers who rubbed the judge the wrong way regularly.
2- if both you as council and your client are as confident the evidence supports self defense (as it appears so clearly to be to many of us), why would you risk dealing with a jury decision rather than roll the dice on a bench trial?
My thought would be the judge is more likely to hold fast to making a decision based on evidence either meeting or not meeting elements of the law. But, a jury who maybe concerned with safety/riots/media/mob rule etc are known to be unpredictable.
3- if a mistrial or hung jury happens generally does the same judge sit over the retrial? If so, in the event of a retrial, could the jury be waived or would the defense be required to stay with the decision of a jury trial?
4- could a motion be made even while the jury is deliberating to waive the jury and have the judge rule on the case?
However just for conversation sake maybe the lawyers here can help me wrap my mind around a couple things.
1-as a lawyer do you have a general idea for how the judge handles these cases before the trial starts? Like maybe when it is assigned to the judge?
I ask because as a former court deputy, we generally saw the same handful of lawyers in the courtroom almost daily interacting with the judge. We knew certain lawyers who rubbed the judge the wrong way regularly.
2- if both you as council and your client are as confident the evidence supports self defense (as it appears so clearly to be to many of us), why would you risk dealing with a jury decision rather than roll the dice on a bench trial?
My thought would be the judge is more likely to hold fast to making a decision based on evidence either meeting or not meeting elements of the law. But, a jury who maybe concerned with safety/riots/media/mob rule etc are known to be unpredictable.
3- if a mistrial or hung jury happens generally does the same judge sit over the retrial? If so, in the event of a retrial, could the jury be waived or would the defense be required to stay with the decision of a jury trial?
4- could a motion be made even while the jury is deliberating to waive the jury and have the judge rule on the case?
