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I spent the weekend in trial mode, preparing for a DWI trial in Montgomery County, north of Houston. This would’ve been only my second trial in a slow year for jury trials (the first ended in an acquittal; several others have been dismissed on the eve of trial) and my client’s career was at stake, [...]
Mark Bennett | December 19, 2008
More trial music: Greg Trooper’s Perfect World, also from his Noises in the Hallway CD.
Best line ever: “I’m not the prince of darkness; tonight I am its king.”
Buy the album. Then buy every other Greg Trooper album. Then buy everything by Slaid Cleaves and Eric Taylor. Impossible to go wrong with these singer-songwriters. They’re the [...]
Mark Bennett | February 29, 2008
I recently mentioned that part of being prepared for trial is having “nasty surprises for the State prepared.” For each of the cases I have set for trial, I have an NLS prepared. Often the Nasty Little Surprise (“NLS”) is the cornerstone of the successful defense of a criminal case.
An NLS can be a piece [...]
Mark Bennett | February 28, 2008
I’ve written before about the annoying (and unexceptional) experience of being set for trial, coming to court prepared for trial, and then having the trial continued or reset because the State is not ready, or the court wants to do something else, or the court reporter is out sick.
Slightly more irksome is going to court [...]
Mark Bennett | November 29, 2007
Shawn Matlock, who’s growing up quite nicely, writes about trust (a topic dear to my heart) and his distaste for potential clients who “just want to do a quick plea.”
I get such potential clients in the office now and then. When they tell me they want to “just plead guilty and take probation”, I tell [...]
