At Least The Date Is…
When Judge Rankin set the date for the next status hearing he noted that “Cinco De Mayo” was available. Somehow we don’t think that he was intending to celebrate the Spanish holiday that commemorates the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
But, by scheduling...
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Tuesday’s Motions Hearing
It was hard to get a grasp on Judge Michael Rankin’s style today. He started the hearing fifteen minutes late and played the Absent Minded Professor Jurist (AMJ) with us. After taking his seat on the bench he admitted to forgetting the password to the computer on his desk. “You must remember...
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In and Out
Boy, were we ever wrong about what was on tap for today’s status hearing.
Sooner or later, probably later, Judge Michael Rankin may get around to hearing arguments and ruling on the stack of 5th Amendment motions that are piling up on his desk, but today he had one item only on his...
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Pre-Gaming Today’s Motions Hearing
At Tuesday’s 2:00pm motions hearing, Judge Michael Rankin will more than likely hear arguments on one of the most pressing issues that has hung over the civil trial’s discovery process – the plaintiff’s repeated attempts to get the defendants to answer questions (as many as 500) in written form via roggs,...
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Breaking News
Mark your calendars. We’re going back to Moultrie, Moultrie, Moultrie…
Event Scheduled Event Scheduled
Event: Motion Hearing
Date: 04/19/2011 Time: 2:00 pm
Judge: RANKIN, MICHAEL L Location: Courtroom 517
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Defense Sticks to their 5th Amendment Claims
In response to repeated Plaintiff motions to get the three Swann Street defendants to answer deposition and interrogatory questions, the defense filed their Joint Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Answers to Requests for Admission and Interrogatories.
Or in shorthand, Get Bent Ben.
One two seperate occasions since the first of...
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A Depo Witness is in Florida. A Defendant is in DC?
It appears that it’s not just the Defendants who want to keep mum during depositions in the Wone civil trial. The DC Attorney General’s Office wants to hem in the testimony of a key witness, former MPD Detective Bryan Waid. A month ago, the...
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New Defense Witnesses Raise Some Eyebrows
The defendants offered their witness list, and not surprising, several of the expert witnesses who made star turns during the criminal trial last year are returning. Moreover, the expert witness list notes how the defendants hope to shore up their weaknesses that the criminal trial highlighted. Even so, what the list does show...
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On August 2nd, 2006, Washington attorney Robert E. Wone was murdered at 1509 Swann Street. Over two years passed before any criminal charges were filed - and then only conspiracy, obstruction of justice and crime scene tampering charges were brought against the Swann Street housemates, all present in the home on the night of the murder: Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky.
On May 17, 2010, a DC Superior Court trial got underway and all three defendants were all acquitted in that bench trial on those pending charges.
Nearly four years later, very little seems clear about what happened that night and who murdered Robert Wone. A cloud of suspicion remains over the Swann Street defendants who have denied any involvement in the murder of their friend or in the alleged cover up.
Judge Lynn Leibovitz found a moral certainty in their collective guilt, but not evidentiary certainty. Civil proceedings in a wrongful death suit filed by Robert's family is the next chapter in this tragic story.
We continue to work together seeking answers to the mystery of Robert Wone's murder and in finding justice for his memory and legacy.
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