Comments on: Another Great Moment in Trial Advocacy https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:37:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Michael Drake https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7562 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:31:21 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7562 That’s only because lawyers are Cretans (/cretins).

]]> By: Jim Oliver https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7561 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:52:36 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7561 “Objection, no foundation!”

]]> By: Alex Scharff https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7560 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:37:18 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7560 One time in a federal drug case, a fellow attorney argued government overreaching and entrapment to which the federal prosecutor responded, “He’s paid to say that.” Objection sustained, instruction to disregard granted, mistrial denied. 5th Circuit says harmless error. “Lawyers lie” vs “”Paid to say that”–I wonder if any appellate court would ever reverse on such a basis….

]]> By: Anna Durbin https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7559 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:09:41 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7559 Lori: That’s the objection I would want to have been quick enough to make. But they usually come to me when I am away at night afterward.

]]> By: Lori Rodriguez https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7558 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:50:31 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7558 :) It also would have been great to jump up and yell back, “Speak for yourself!” All’s well that ends well; congrats again on the win!!

]]> By: Mark Bennett https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7557 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:34:41 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7557 In reply to Lori Rodriguez.

That is the correct objection, and was the one I made before I realized that Connie was speaking of herself and the judge as well as me and my client.

]]> By: Mark Bennett https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7556 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:32:22 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7556 In reply to Murray Newman.

Thanks, Murray.

]]> By: Mark Bennett https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7555 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:31:12 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7555 In reply to Mike Parr.

If called, I will serve.

]]> By: Lori Rodriguez https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7554 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:09:50 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7554 Congrats on the win!!
Just a practice note, I believe another objection to this would be “striking at the defendant over the shoulders of counsel.” I learned that from a great trial lawyer who once objected with “Objection, Judge–my shoulders are getting sore!” because he couldn’t remember the actual wording.
I agree, though, that there would be a prosecutorial misconduct argument as well. And, yes, since lawyers lie, and the prosecutor’s a lawyer and is also the one who’s brought the charges in the first place and who has the burden of proof….hmmmm…maybe the jurors were quite astute.

]]> By: Murray Newman https://bennettandbennett.com/blog/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy#comment-7553 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:53:12 +0000 http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2010/09/another-great-moment-in-trial-advocacy.html#comment-7553 Lewis Kennedy,

Mark can’t appeal the case, because he won.

I gotta admit that I thought Mark had an uphill battle based on what I knew about the case. That’s some good trial-lawyerin’, my friend.

Congrats!

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