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FLASH: Trial Date Set

Judge Brook Hedge Releases Scheduling Order A number of documents have hit the clerk’s office in the last day; several pertain to the plaintiff motion to subpoena the Price, Ward and Zaborsky phone and e-mail records and the subsequent defense objections…

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Marathon Man The final installment of Dylan Ward’s interview with DC police at Anacostia’s Violent Crimes Branch runs the better part of two hours.  It begins with Detectives Wagner, Norris and Kasul exiting the cramped interrogation room, allowing their subject to…

Hate Crime

Is the Enemy of our Enemy (Injustice) our Friend? Last week’s edition of the  Washington Blade featured a news item by Lou Chibbaro, on a lengthy and strongly worded statement on the not guilty verdict in last month’s obstruction trial. …

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The Waiting Game Dylan Ward’s first interview with MPD detectives at Anacostia’s Violent Crimes Branch ran about an hour and a half.  We continue the screening here with and additional thirty minutes. The session starts with Ward and his inquisitor, Detective Milton…

Robert Eric Wone

June 1, 1974 – August 2, 2006 Four more years?   Honor a cool guy by making a contribution to the Robert Wone Memorial Trust: Holtzman Vogel, PLLC 45 North Hill Drive, Suite 100 Warrenton, VA   20186

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The Lost Episode The first look we had of Victor Zaborsky’s final interview at the Violent Crimes Branch was on May 26, day seven of the trial.  Transcipts of this twenty minute session were never released so we were caught by…

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Premiering the ‘Anacostia Dialogues’ The videotapes of Victor Zaborsky’s interview with MPD investigators at the Violent Crimes Branch in Anacostia were played in court on Day  Seven of the criminal trial, May 26, 2010. The clips (redacted by the US Attorney’s Office) were digitized…

Help Wanted?

Paying The Freight  (Updated @ 12n) How costly the criminal defense of the Swann Street housemates was has long been a topic of conversation.  Washingtonian Magazine’s Harry Jaffe ran the numbers during the trial and came up with a figure of…

Fellowship

The Work Goes On, The Cause Endures…  Robert’s lifetime of volunteerism and good deeds continue through a number of organizations that honor his memory in annual conferences, fellowships and awards. Earlier this week, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational…

Scottish Right

A Better Way Of Doing Business? A smart legal beagle reader chimes in on two aspects of the Wone obstruction trial and verdict.   In a lengthy blog entry on his own site,  Holy Prepuce!, this “D.C. attorney who writes anonymously out of…