Category: legal motions

Past Is Prologue

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…

Radio Runs

Latest Defense Discovery Request Hints At Defense Strategy At the last status hearing on September 11, much of the first half focused on whether radio communications between emergency personnel and MPD was evidence that was covered under the Jencks Act.…

The Paper Chase

Document Dump Now as promised, the rest of the motions filed over the past couple months.   So far these have yielded MPD Officer Diane Durham’s statement that refutes Joe Price’s known explanation of where he found Robert’s body; Detective Brian…

Civil War

The Maryland Campaign Late Friday afternoon, Mike Scarcella of the Legal Times had news on the latest skirmish in Kathy Wone’s $20 million wrongful death civil suit. Any small victory the defendants may have felt following Judge Weisberg’s September status hearing…

Slow Motion

Criminal Defense by the Hour Pound Today’s 2:00 status hearing could be a deep dive into minutia.  Thought the discovery issues were settled at the May 22 hearing?  Hardly.  Motion commotion all summer long.  The meters keep running. For months the…

Seismic

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…

Motion Sickness

Getting Ready for Friday’s Status Hearing Nearly four months have passed since last we saw the Swann Street defendants in court.  The summer has fled, and this Friday’s forecast calls for gray skies, suits and expressions. The headline from the last…