Comments on: Digging Dirt http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2007/08/digging-dirt.html the art and science of criminal defense trial lawyering Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2007/08/digging-dirt.html/comment-page-1#comment-307 Jamie Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:03:00 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/?p=246#comment-307 Just last week I had the pleasure of handing a prosecutor a printout of the complainant’s Web page on OnlineBootyCall.com.<br/><br/>(I’m not making that up. It exists. I told the prosecutor it's kind of like eHarmony, but with less emphasis on the 'finding a suitable marriage partner' aspect of the relationship…)<br/><br/>It was arguably somewhere between 99% and totally irrelevant to the case, but still, I think it accomplished a few things:<br/><br/>#1) It started the negotiations off with a laugh, which is always a huge plus.<br/><br/>#2) It let the prosecutor know I had done some homework already, or, as you call it in this post ‘digging’. Prosecutors change frequently. You gotta continually remind them you’re not just going to run in and plead guilty as soon as your fee has been paid.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://blog.austindefense.com" REL="nofollow"> Jamie</a> Just last week I had the pleasure of handing a prosecutor a printout of the complainant’s Web page on OnlineBootyCall.com.

(I‚Äôm not making that up. It exists. I told the prosecutor it’s kind of like eHarmony, but with less emphasis on the ‘finding a suitable marriage partner’ aspect of the relationship‚Ķ)

It was arguably somewhere between 99% and totally irrelevant to the case, but still, I think it accomplished a few things:

#1) It started the negotiations off with a laugh, which is always a huge plus.

#2) It let the prosecutor know I had done some homework already, or, as you call it in this post ‘digging’. Prosecutors change frequently. You gotta continually remind them you’re not just going to run in and plead guilty as soon as your fee has been paid.

Jamie

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