Hey, Hey DNA! What Can You Do For Us Next May?
There’s quite a bit to pick through after last week’s motions and status hearing.
Start with the headline from Friday’s status hearing, “Win, Lose or Draw.” Just what did Bernie Grimm mean by that? Was he revealing a defense strategy?
A large part of Friday’s hearing had the...
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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 real. And like a great dramatic work, while drained of its live human electricity, the...
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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.
For the non-lawyers among us, which includes the four editors here at WMRW.com,we needed to...
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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 Waid’s handwritten notes and Detective Jeffrey Folts’ riff , channeling Kerouac*, his notes on his late night, crosstown journey with...
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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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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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Underweird
Last Friday’s hour-long status hearing focused on pieces of evidence that still need to be tested or retested.
Twenty six of the original 270 items are all that remain in play; the government and defense appear close to settling these outstanding disputes. Over the next week or so we’ll look at what’s at stake with...
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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 defense has badgered Kirschner’s office for the goods: images of Robert’s RFA hard drive, his...
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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 hearing (May 22) was of course the trial date being set. The other big news was...
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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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