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Defense runs the table. Acquittal on all counts. Grimm and Kirschner stopped to talk to press. Defendants and Wone family leave without commenting.
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Trial Countdown
FLASH: VERDICTS
Day 10: Updates
5:00pm Adjournment Update
The downstairs tenant of 1509, Sarah Morgan, took the stand and described the relationships among the three defendants, her reasons for being gone on the night of the murder, and the series of phone calls she got that morning from Joe and Michael Price before her visit to the VCB in Anacostia.
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Day 3: Wrap
The Pace Picks Up
Six things we learned today:
1: Needle Marks. EMT Jeff Baker made the point repeatedly that the needle puncture marks found in the autopsy were not from any efforts to resuscitate Robert either at 1509 Swann or en route to George Washington University Hospital. This, despite the defense best efforts to knock...
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Get The Red Out
Despite The Judge’s Ruling, The Blood Stays In
Left on the table for next week’s pre-trial hearings are Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ rulings on several matters: Doug Deedrick’s stab wound and fiber experiments, Robert Spaulding’s testing methodology, statements and in turn the motions to sever and suppress, and specific testimony of the EMT and certain...
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Metaphysics and Truth
Housekeeping…and Keeping on Track for May 10
It was a full courtroom, and relatively upbeat defendants, that greeted Judge Lynn Leibovitz as she gaveled in Friday’s status hearing at 3pm sharp. On the agenda? “Housekeeping and setting dates…” said the Judge.
First up: the government’s objections to defense experts Dr. Smith, Dr. Englert, and top-biller Dr....
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Advice and Consent
Zaborsky Withdraws Motion to Suppress
An interesting consent motion ran across the clerk’s desk late Friday afternoon, but because the District of Columbia was celebrating Emancipation Day the Courthouse was closed. And perhaps ironically, this filing may be evidence of Victor Zaborsky trying to free himself.
It appears that Zaborsky’s counsel Thomas Connolly, or a lower...
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Standing Room Only
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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Purpose of this Site
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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