New Bits – And Old Hits – In The Prosecution’s Playlist
More paper filed in advance of this Friday’s status hearing means more late night reading. On the nightstand currently:
“Reply In Support Of Defendants’ Motion In Limine To Exclude Argument, Testimony And Evidence Regarding Sexual Assault”,
“Government’s Notice of Intent To Use Statements”, and
“Government’s Omnibus Opposition...
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Joe Price’s MPD Interview Transcript
“It ain’t going to get fine. It’s going to get ugly,” Price is told midway through his long night with good cop/bad cop at the Anacostia Violent Crimes Branch.
There’s a lot in these 120 pages and still a lot we don’t know. Were these transcripts from the videotaped part...
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How Kirschner Pushes Back the Miranda Charges
In a week from now, we may know the outcome of two of the defendants’ key pleadings before Judge Lynn Leibovitz; namely their motions to sever and hold three seperate trials and their motions to suppress their statements to MPD detectives from the night of the crime.
Leibovitz may rule...
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Closing Night for Severance?
Early into last Friday’s status hearing we learned of a letter that Joe Price counsel Bernie Grimm had sent (also on behalf of his three defense team colleagues) to Judge Lynn Leibovitz.
Long described as one of the “great courtroom showmen,” DC’s very own George M. Cohan fired off this one-page letter on...
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Ethereal vs. Visceral
In the not to distant future, eight weeks from yesterday to be exact (assuming no continuance), Judge Lynn Leibovitz gavels in United States vs. Joseph Price, Dylan Ward, Victor Zaborsky
In yesterday’s post on the Government’s Opposition to the Defendants’ Joint Motion to Compel Rule 16(a)(1)(e) Disclosures, we got a clearer picture of what...
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What Sept. 11th’s Transcript Foretells of Nov. 6th’s Hearing
At 54 pages, the transcript of September 11th’s status hearing may seem a dry read. “53 pages too much of legal jaw-boning…” perhaps. But text is important. Text is memory made real. And like a great dramatic work, while drained of its live human electricity, the...
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Did Joe Price Change His Story Within Minutes?
With all eyes focused on this Friday’s status hearing, it seems something else buried in this summer’s motions has gone overlooked.
As the AUSA, FBI and defense teams wrestle it out over potential biologic evidence and high-tech testing, an old-school statement by the first responding MPD officer on...
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Joe & Victor hire a friend; Dylan goes from zero to 60 in seconds
For more than two years after the murder of Robert Wone, not a single charge was filed in the case. Many believe one of the reasons was how quickly the three Swann Street housemates hired legal counsel.
While the defendants have claimed they answered...
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Bernie Grimm’s High Q Score
Joe Price’s defense attorney Bernie Grimm is considered by colleagues as one of the “great courtroom showmen.” But his performances extend well beyond the courthouse and into millions of homes.
As reported here, Bernie appeared off his game at the May 22 status hearing, less a showman and more a showstopper. Confusion over discovery documents between he...
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On The Record With Greta Van Susteren…
Much fuss, often too much, is always made about the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner (“Nerd Prom”) and this year was no exception. A cavalcade of celebrities came to town: TomCat, Demi, Ashton, Tyra (fierce!), Val Kilmer, Matthew Modine, totally dreamy Chase Crawford; you get the idea.
Much...
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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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