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 17, when US v. Price, Ward and Zaborsky was first gaveled into session and prosecutor AUSA...
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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 Guilty,” but goes all in with “Innocent, Innocent, Innocent.” Kind of has a “Mercedes,...
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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 night of the murder, informally the Miranda challenges.
It’s just over a month away from the scheduled...
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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 on how much confidence the Front Four have in these pleas; not much we surmised. Now we get...
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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 on the charges against the defendants, the government dramatically changed the contours of the trial.
With this...
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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 is curious is this discovery summary isn’t part of the public record (yet) and only showed up...
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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 February 5 deadline for the government to have their Rule 16 notice, complete discovery and file...
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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, and most damning – conspiracy.
Try as he might, Glenn Kirschner - chief of the Homicide...
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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 about the prosecution.
There is no resume posted at the U.S. Attorney’s office Web site, nor...
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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 even for those well versed in the law.
So imagine the difficulty the four of us –...
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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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