Ry-Guy
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former public defender turned plaintiff’s attorney screaming into the void about lawyering, politics, and sports. he/him
Alabama, USA
Joined July 2011
My client was facing a murder charge with a mandatory life or life without sentence if he was convicted. Today a jury found that my client was NOT GUILTY and he will walk out of Mobile Metro County Jail today.
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@ahc_dot_txt I represent injured people. It’s a varied field full of possible situations. I just had a trial against Dollar General for negligently failing to maintain and inspect u-boats that they give to vendors leading to one breaking while my client was using it and herniated his back.
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@NaZCasey We worked to bring a bail fund organization to the area, got one up and running, and then it fell apart after the very first person bailed out via it bc it got fought by local politicians to the point of extinction.
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RT @am_yers: Everything a lawyer does during a jury is intentional. And tbf Lewin's been a prosecutor for as long as I've been alive lol. H…
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@thesummerofblog Here is a response to another person asking similar questions which may help provide some extra context
@JefBooth Some states maybe it is and the speedy trial act of 1974 only applied to federal criminal cases. The SCTOUS cases says that a year is presumptively prejudicial but there are 3 other factors. There have been instances where 3-5 years was acceptable for speedy trial.
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@mirabetterment Just hoping the swell of anger I’ll feel at 80 from my memories of him doesn’t kill me lol
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@JefBooth Some states maybe it is and the speedy trial act of 1974 only applied to federal criminal cases. The SCTOUS cases says that a year is presumptively prejudicial but there are 3 other factors. There have been instances where 3-5 years was acceptable for speedy trial.
@thesummerofblog Are you genuinely asking or is this a rhetorical questions? Bc a lot of states have speedy trial laws that give more protection than SCOTUS has interpreted the constitution to give. Alabama is not one and has baseline protections which means it’s the Barker v. Wingo factors.
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@itscoleworld7 Lmfao wow this whole week I’ve been in trial I have been completely confused then
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@patapackala Alabama has too many crimes and charges too many people especially in Mobile County. It was already backed up taking 6 months to a year to even get indicted. Cases from 2018 were still pending when I started in 2020 but covid also had a big impact and forced technological changes
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@WatchfulCenter My old office has a social work team that assists with reentry and setting up social services/jobs. I’ve helped some more directly when I could. It’s always nice to hear back from the success stories down the road. No Lincoln lawyer driver just yet.
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@heidi_liberty76 It was a drug possession charge lady. Her crime didn’t have a victim, it was brought by the state. Also yeah the very concept of rights enshrined in the constitution is liberal. Rights stemming from a social contract rather than a sovereign is liberal not conservative thought.
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@patapackala When I got the probation offer I filed a motion to lower bond and argued for a signature bond on the grounds that even the state was willing to let her out of jail with conditions. The bond was only 3k total but Judge still wouldn’t lower it or give a signature bond.
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@thesummerofblog Are you genuinely asking or is this a rhetorical questions? Bc a lot of states have speedy trial laws that give more protection than SCOTUS has interpreted the constitution to give. Alabama is not one and has baseline protections which means it’s the Barker v. Wingo factors.
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@20money5 @Tendin2 Yeah I mean you never know what a jury will do & when you have serious charges with lots of time hanging over your head sometimes a plea bargain is your only chance to have any control. In the above case she was looking at a very limited sentence if convicted bc of the guidelines
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