Now we’re going to move on to some other topics. Mental competency! We handled the case again at the public defender’s office where this, this poor man Shane Green, and I urge you to read that cas...
What are the magic words? What do they have to say?” In your jurisdiction, you may not have this problem’ but here in San Antonio over the last 25 years, we have a lot of problems with statements...
Coming to listen to what I hope would be an interesting talk! I’m not here to read the rules of the appellate procedure to you because you can do that, all by yourself. And that’s what a, lots of ...
A similar case with same result recently handled just a couple of weeks ago by the Florida Supreme Court. But this is only a partial solution. Those 2 cases are only a partial solution to problem that...
he 6th amendment’s right to counsel provision which previously had applied only in Federal court now was incorporated in 14th amendment and made applicable to the states. This is picture of Louie Wa...
For a while Justice William Douglas wrote furiously, then licked a number of envelopes…shut and then pounded them on the bench. I later learned from Anthony Louis who wrote the book “Gideon’s tr...
Secondly, under the constitution as of 1962, the states were allowed to develop their own rules of criminal procedure. We argued that the state should be free to experiment, with regard to criminal pr...
At his trial Gideon cross examined the witnesses for the prosecution. He decided not to take the witness stand on his own behalf. He was convicted. It was given a 5 year sentence for the crime of brea...
Another example of real, real drama that you will experience if you try a case with a jury with competent counsel on the other side, a fair judge, try it, believe you like it. I trusted reading in tho...
Now the old court room was a wooden floor. Had that oily sawdust you might say on that. Not 25 feet across from the council table was a brass spit tune and an old iron radiator, while the prosecutor w...
Relationship with Mac, sitting on a downward spiral and she wanted to die! She turned to Mac and constantly begged and pleaded, with him to do her bidding. On the night that marks the 21st, 1961 weari...
