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Bill Wolf, Wolf Criminal Law (Chicago, IL), and Stephen E. Palmer, Palmer Legal Defense (Columbus, OH), and Mark Satawa, Mark Satawa of Satawa Law, PLLC (Detroit, MI) discuss, engage, and exchange on all things murder defense trial preparation. Following up on previous presentations about various aspects of cross-examination, Bill, Steve, and Mark focus on the various aspects of preparing for the defense of a client in homicide/murder trial, including all of the various topics, fact patterns, and hypos.
While abortion-related prosecutions are not common in 2024, they are likely to be brought more frequently. There is no one-size-fits-all recipe for these cases. Unique situations will present a variety of issues to explore.
On behalf of NACDL, we write to address the need to amend Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to allow the parties to issue subpoenas for documents and tangible items to third parties without leave of Court. … The current Rule 17 is ambiguous in critical respects, leading to disparate application that threatens the ability of defense counsel to adequately investigate, develop, and present available defenses, and thus to provide the level of assistance required by the Constitution.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.
