…and “Imminent Threats” In just over five pages, counsel for Kathy Wone, brushed back the defendants’ proposed gag order motion. Filed yesterday was the Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Enjoin Counsel from Making Extrajudicial Statements. Submitted by Covington &…
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Seven Days In May
One Week from Trial, and the Defense Closes Ranks As we head into the final week before the scheduled May 10 trial start, a final flurry of documents have accumulated in the DC Superior Court clerk’s office. Most regard defense efforts…
Uncharged Conduct II
Half the Story In the clerk’s office this week was thirty pages of Defense Joint Response to Government Notice of Uncharged Conduct II and Some Other Stuff. Nowhere to be found was the government’s notice that this filing responds to,…
Family Matters
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…
Gorilla Dust
Kicking Up Distractions Before the Court. Why It Matters In modern times it dates back to December 15th, 1991. H. Ross Perot – remember him? – then a member of the General Motors board, parried with GM CEO Roger Smith’s…
"That's Bulls–t."
An Attorney Unloads on the Trouple’s Defense, and the Prosecution’s Hubris From the start we’ve worked to cultivate a deep pool of experienced opinion. Blood spatter analysts, medical toxicoligists, psychological therapists, homicide researchers, forensic psychologists…and, of course, lawyers. We continue…
Clerks
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…
Mystery Science Theater
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…
Uncharged Conduct: Defense Response
Defense: Semen Is From Postmortem Process, Not Sexual Assault A flurry of motions in the Robert Wone case hit the DC Superior Court with a ferocity to match last month’s Snowmaggeddon, as the defense sought to fortify their position that Robert Wone…
Tool Time
Government Turns Over Discovery Information Last week, the government laid out their blueprint for the prosecution of this case. Now, in the most recent filing, AUSA Glenn Kirschner opened up his toolbox to reveal just how he will accomplish his task. What…