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I was at the beach – Mission Beach to be precise – and relaxing with my bride over the weekend. The sun was shining and the sea air cooling, but like all good things – that too came to an end on Monday. I am now in Nevada, taking depositions in a crop insurance fraud case. There is lots of…
Continue Reading Away from the beach – thinking about sentencing guidelines
Another week starts with a new focus – crime victims. I am drafting a complaint in a case for a victim of a terrible crime. She is young, and hurt and humiliated, and she is deserving of the very best chance at a future she can possibly have. Our lawsuit may be that chance. Crime victims are so frequently scarred…
OK – back from TLC and re-entry is a bit troubling, but a trial is just the thing to check out those skills. Like putting the witness back in the scene and having him or her take you through, in first person, what they see. So today I had to try a little misdemeanor case. Two 50 year old guys…
In the office today and again thinking about what I learned and how it will help my clients. I just was sent a copy of a newspaper story on the Ruby Ridge case. Gerry Spence and I tried this case fifteen years ago. Here is how they described my cross-examination technique then: “Spence’s second is Chuck Peterson, who riddles hostile…
Continue Reading Another thing about TLC