Defense Continues their Depos Under the header of bringing you last week’s news today, it seems that DC EMT Jeff Baker, was deposed at the offices of Schertler & Onorato last Friday afternoon. Baker, as readers may recall, was a…
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Speaker Phone
And Some Relief You’ve all been there – doing anything you can to avoid a lenghty conference call at the office. Yesterday, in lieu of a status hearing on the MPD Motions to Quash detectives’ deposition testimony based on law enforcement privilege,…
Is The 5th On Rankin’s Mind?
At Least The Date Is… When Judge Rankin set the date for the next status hearing he noted that “Cinco De Mayo” was available. Somehow we don’t think that he was intending to celebrate the Spanish holiday that commemorates the Mexican Army’s unlikely victory…
The Password Is…
Tuesday’s Motions Hearing It was hard to get a grasp on Judge Michael Rankin’s style today. He started the hearing fifteen minutes late and played the Absent Minded Professor Jurist (AMJ) with us. After taking his seat on the bench…
Motions Hearing Update
In and Out Boy, were we ever wrong about what was on tap for today’s status hearing. Sooner or later, probably later, Judge Michael Rankin may get around to hearing arguments and ruling on the stack of 5th Amendment motions…
Refresher Course
Pre-Gaming Today’s Motions Hearing At Tuesday’s 2:00pm motions hearing, Judge Michael Rankin will more than likely hear arguments on one of the most pressing issues that has hung over the civil trial’s discovery process – the plaintiff’s repeated attempts to…
The Gang’s All Here
Breaking News Mark your calendars. We’re going back to Moultrie, Moultrie, Moultrie… Event Scheduled Event Scheduled Event: Motion Hearing Date: 04/19/2011 Time: 2:00 pm Judge: RANKIN, MICHAEL L Location: Courtroom 517
Our Lips Are Sealed
Defense Sticks to their 5th Amendment Claims In response to repeated Plaintiff motions to get the three Swann Street defendants to answer deposition and interrogatory questions, the defense filed their Joint Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Answers to Requests for…
Taxi Driver
A Depo Witness is in Florida. A Defendant is in DC? It appears that it’s not just the Defendants who want to keep mum during depositions in the Wone civil trial. The DC Attorney General’s Office wants to hem in the…
Oldies but Goodies?
New Defense Witnesses Raise Some Eyebrows The defendants offered their witness list, and not surprising, several of the expert witnesses who made star turns during the criminal trial last year are returning. Moreover, the expert witness list notes how the defendants hope…