For more than 20 years, Bernie Grimm defended street-level criminals in the District of Columbia. In January 2008, he moved to defend white collar defendants. Defending Joe Price in the Robert Wone case will be his first high profile white…
Author: David
Society Prepares the Crime
I recently ran across this Chinese proverb, “Society prepares the crime, criminals commit it,” and in light of the fact that Robert Wone was Chinese-American, I could not help but think that this proverb sheds light on his murder. More…
Was Joe Price Out of Control?
In the recently released affidavit for search warrant, it reveals that “Contained within [Price’s office computer] were a large number of male pornographic pictures that included depictions of Sado-Masochistic behavior and bondage.” Now, I don’t think anyone will judge Price…
Culuket
This is name of the e-mail address used by Defendant Joe Price — culuket@yahoo.com. In the days leading up to murder, Price used the e-mail address to communicate with other identities and share photographs. The search warrant, which the prosecutors…
No Murder Charge in Wone Case….For Now.
The prosecution announced that “unless something changes between now and trial,” that the defendants will not be chared with murder. So that means that Joseph Price, Victor Zaborsky and Dylan Ward will be tried on three ancillary crimes — conspiracy…
Who is Louis Hinton?
The Blog of the Legal Times broke today a letter that Joseph Price’s counsel, Bernie Grimm, sent to U.S. Attorney Glen Kirschner accusing the prosecution of not turning over all available evidence during discovery. In the letter Grimm notes the…
Grand Jury Returns 3-count superseding indictment before tomorrow's hearing
A D.C. grand jury has returned a three count superseding indictment charging conspiracy, obstruction of justice and evidence tampering. The indictment lists 17 “overt acts” that the defendants carried out to commit the conspiracy. Superseding Indictment Alleges Conspiracy in Wone…
Do you hear that? Is that the Defendants beginning to shake?
The Blog of the Legal Time reported on December 30 that no plea bargain was in sight. The main reason to extend a plea agreement would be if the prosecution felt they didn’t have enough evidence to convict, and with…
Did Defense Admit Defendants Are Guilty?
During Friday’s hearing on lifting the pretrial restrictions on the defendants in the Robert Wone murder case, the prosecution argued for freezing the defendants assets to alleviate flight risk, defendant Victor Zaborsky’s lawyer responded with a strange answer. “I don’t…
Why Did Kirschner Reveal Price's Alleged Drug Use?
During yesterday’s hearing to lift the pretrial restrictions, US Attorney Glen Kirschner revealed that defendant Joe Price had either possessed and/or distributed crystal methamphetamine, cocaine and Ecstasy. What was the significance of revealing this information now? While the Defense…