Author: Michael

Co-editor of WhoMurderedRobertWone?

Pre-trial hearing Day 2: Wrap-up

Tuesday’s afternoon hearing began with some of Judge Leibovitz’ housekeeping to keep the outstanding motions moving forward as opening statements approach. At the top of the list: the government’s filings of references to substantiate the expert witnesses David Sargent, as…

Pre-trial Coverage – Day 2 Morning

All about Miranda UPDATE 3:45pm Tuesday: Judge Leibovitz denies motions to sever; allows introduction of videotapes and statements as not-as-fact except for very brief excerpts for fact.  More coming. Statements continued as the issue of the day, and as expected…

Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Believe in Privacy

Social Media & Privacy Last week, a Facebook employee revealed – in an “off record chat” with New York Times reporter Nick Bilton, that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t believe in privacy. Congressmen, social media experts and news analysts all…

Another "Michael"?

There are no secrets on the Internet In documents filed recently and in Friday’s status hearing, Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner once again brought up Michael Price, Joe’s brother, as a person close to the defendants. Kirschner confirmed that evidence associated with…

"Do I Need A Lawyer?"

Joe Price May Find Out At Today’s Status Hearing.   At the January 15 status hearing, Judge Lynn Leibovitz set several deadlines for both sides to hit.  The result?  Motion after motion after motion.  In January, Leibovitz denied the Motion…

To Compel or Not to Compel

Defendants Motion to Compel Discovery; Gov’t Replies: “Talk to the Hand” It must be getting closer to May.  Hardly a day passes without another shower of paper in the Robert Wone Case. On Monday things got off to a big, fat…

Poll Position

Most of us have had more than a year to kick the tires on every conceivable theory related to Robert’s murder. Some fit the circumstances and known evidence more than others.  Each of the possible theories falls into one of six…

Doctors Watson and Crick on the Line

The Molecule of Life on Center Stage Much of the November 6th status hearing dealt with evidence issues, with the Defense requesting that the Government be required to turn over the lab notes of the technicians, in addition to DNA…

Game On — On Our Schedule

Defense Acting Alone Dictates Scheduling Order After doing their best to delay the game, and realizing that the game day is on the books, the defense is now trying to dictate the upcoming schedule for the trial preparations.  And they are doing it unilaterally. In…

Milk of Amnesia

More than Mother’s little helper… Tomorrow marks one month until the status hearing with Judge Weisberg to review the status of evidence testing of the 3-4 cc’s of Robert Wone’s blood specimen remaining from the autopsy. The status of other…