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Judge Declares Mistrial Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Judge Kozinski Writes about Lying, and “Verbal Roller Derby”

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:48:03-05:00April 5th, 2011|Tags: Adam Liptak, First Amendment, ineffective assistance of counsel, Judge Kozinski, Orin Kerr, Touro law school|

I have been away from blogging for a week, but wanted to highlight a few noteworthy pieces from the legal blogosphere. I ran across this ATL article about a D.C. Superior Court judge that declared a mistrial in a murder case because the defense lawyer was horribly incompetent. The attorney was a recent [...]

City of Reno v. Conn The Cert. Petition

After conducting research on decisions written by particular federal appellate judges that are later granted by the Court, I am of the belief that perhaps Supreme Court Rule 10 should officially be modified. While a conflict among the lower courts remains the prevailing reason why the Court grants cert, there are other certworthy factors not [...]