Posted on Jan 17, 2011 By Stephan J. Siegel
One of my favorite hearings is a "Clayton" hearing, held to determine whether the case against a defendant should be dismissed in the interests of justice. Unfortunately, it is not a hearing that is ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Stephan J. Siegel
We all know that the fish would not have been caught if it kept its big mouth shut. The same applies to criminal defendants. One of the obvious components of the right to counsel is that the ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2011 By Stephan J. Siegel
It is an established principle of United States law that every person accused of a crime has a right to cross-examine each person who is a witness against him. This right is known as the ...
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