He’s Just Not That Into You Two months after Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ acquittal of Price, Ward and Zaborsky in the criminal trial, the decision remains controversial. Even in Leiboviitz’ very own courtroom. Jury selection for a five-defendant gangland murder trial…
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Acquittal
But Not Exoneration It took a sober and, at times soft-spoken, Judge Leibovtiz little more than an hour to plow through what she termed “…a very long and complicated legal trial.” We have previously posted, and will post here again, Judge…
Lois Goslinoski: The Wone Trial’s Canary?
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…
Day Wone
1384 Days: 3 Years, 9 Months, 15 Days All that matters from now and through the verdict, is doing right by Robert. We regret not knowing him while alive, but even in death he remains a role model and inspiration. There…
Speak Truth
Voir Dire and Seating the “Ideal” Jury Wednesday begins the process of voir dire – roughly meaning ‘speak true’ – in which Judge Lynn Leibovitz and both legal teams will sort through the pool of seventy potentials to seat a…
Monday @ Moultrie
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…
Joined At The Hip
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…
Standing Room Only
Closing Night for Severance? Early into last Friday’s status hearing we learned of a letter that Joe Price counsel Bernie Grimm had sent (also on behalf of his three defense team colleagues) to Judge Lynn Leibovitz. Long described as one of the…
Black And Blueprint
Uncharged Conduct, and Michael Price Uncharged…Yet Hewing to Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ scheduling order, the prosecution has met their first deadline. The government’s filing of “Uncharged Conduct I” was due on February 5th and was made public Tuesday, Feb. 16th… just…
Calendar Girl
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…