Tag: Glenn Kirschner

Opening Statement: Kirschner

The Chief Lays Out His Case In Chief Maria Allison, RPR, retired last week as an Official Court Reporter for the DC Superior Court.  We think we know why she packed it in. Maria was at the keyboard on Monday, May…

Lois Goslinoski: The Wone Trial’s Canary?

Did Kirschner’s canary come out of defense coal mine alive? Nationally-recognized, Washington-based crime writer Harry Jaffe  came out of the Wone trial gate early, hard  and fast with three verdicts: “Innocent, Innocent, Innocent.”  He doesn’t say even hedge with “Not…

Monday @ Moultrie

Gearing Up for Today’s 3:00pm Status Hearing A lot is on Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ plate this afternoon.  Key defense motions awaiting rulings include those for severance  (separate trials) and those to suppress the defendants’ statements of their interrogations on the…

Joined At The Hip

Government Tries to Keep the Threesome Together Another piece of business before Judge Lynn Leibovitz at this Monday’s status hearing is on the Defendants’ Motions to Sever and hold separate trials for the three housemates.   A couple weeks ago we guessed…

Winners and Losers

Govt’s Streamlined Case Up Ends the C.W.  Who Wins and Loses? Friday’s status hearing revealed that the government was “winnowing” their case as the May 10 trial date draws near. By dropping  many of the uncharged conducted aspects and focusing only…

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…

Calendar Girl

Judge Leibovitz Sets a Feverish Pace Also hitting the DC Superior Court database in the wake of the January 15 status hearing was Judge Lynn Leibovitz’s granting IN PART of the Defendant’s Motion for Scheduling Order. First up is a…

First and Seventeen

Points On The Board Just four months from today, barring no last-minute delays or penalty flags, Judge Lynn Leibovitz will gavel in the trial in which defendants Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky face charges of obstruction of justice, crime scene tampering,…

Fighting For Justice

The Man with the Fu Manchu Beard While it has been rather easy to track information about the Swann Street Defendants’ counsel, after all criminal defense attorneys need the publicity, it has not been nearly as simple locating solid information…

The Story of "O"

Where is Square One? You’ve likely been there before.  Trying to explain this case to a friend, you rattle off its evidentiary twists and legal turns.  Their reaction: bewilderment. You can hardly blame them.  The Robert Wone case is head-spinning…