Phoenix Trial

St Norberter wrote:

Freeman wrote:I am gob smacked that some arsehole lawyer has the audacity to actually take their case to appeal. Part of the arugment is that the door was not locked and that Phoenix could have come out of the basement any time, so it was not a case of forcible confinement.

I'm not sure I'd use that description of the lawyer ( considering I know one of them - and her is far from it - more community minded than most defense attorneys in this town)
That's the problem with being a criminal lawyer - how do you build your business ? High profile cases. Unfortunately the high profile cases are also sometimes the most offensive.
That being said, and with the facts as they have been reported by the media, I think his argument that the child could have chosen to be in the basement given the testimony of the mother and the evidence of abuse is very weak. Judge should have tossed it.
I'm concerned that the judge reserving his decision means an increased possibility that the appeal might be successful.

Freeman wrote:

St Norberter wrote:

Freeman wrote:I am gob smacked that some arsehole lawyer has the audacity to actually take their case to appeal. Part of the arugment is that the door was not locked and that Phoenix could have come out of the basement any time, so it was not a case of forcible confinement.

I'm not sure I'd use that description of the lawyer ( considering I know one of them - and her is far from it - more community minded than most defense attorneys in this town)
That's the problem with being a criminal lawyer - how do you build your business ? High profile cases. Unfortunately the high profile cases are also sometimes the most offensive.
That being said, and with the facts as they have been reported by the media, I think his argument that the child could have chosen to be in the basement given the testimony of the mother and the evidence of abuse is very weak. Judge should have tossed it.
I'm concerned that the judge reserving his decision means an increased possibility that the appeal might be successful.

I can see a lawyer taking the original case, escpecially through Legal Aid, but why take the appeal on bullshit grounds.