Public Defenders - Not Guilty No Way

Fixing What’s Broke

May 10, 2010 | Public Defenders |

I had a chance to talk to a friend of mine from my New York State Days. Mardi Crawford is an attorney with the New York State Defender’s Association and has her finger on the pulse of the initiatives for Public Defender reform in New York right now. I had...

In deference to Old Yeller.

Apr 29, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Public Defenders | 15 comments

Scott Greenfield was on twitter today and he accused me of being a pussy. He asked if there was anything that moved me enough to yell. Because he yells. And Terry Kindlon yelled. And lots of other lawyers yell. I don’t yell. Not...

The Thin, Navy Blue Suit, Line

Apr 29, 2010 | Criminal Defense, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Public Defenders | 3 comments

There has been some chatter in the blogger world lately about ineffective assistance of counsel. Jamison Koehler, Scott Greenfield, Gamso, Mark Bennett and Gideon have written about ineffective assistance of counsel and broken it down into its bits and pieces....