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Criminal Law Misconception

January 14, 2011 3:48 pm - Posted by admin in Court Room Ettiquette, Criminal Defense, Your Rights

I found the following entry on a top 10 list of Criminal Law Misconceptions. I wanted to share it with you. “9. You can fare well with just any lawyer. The reality is that there are too many incompetent or uncaring lawyers out there—so-called “professionals” who will take you money and show up for court [...]

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Misconception #4. The legal process only consists of exciting testimony and court hearings.

January 10, 2011 6:52 am - Posted by admin in Court Room Ettiquette, Our Office

The media has a habit of skipping the most important parts of the legal process. These parts include legal briefs, discovery, filing motions, etc. I am speculating on the reason these are not included, but I have an educated guess. I would say these parts are not included because of two reasons. One is that [...]

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Misconception #3. In all criminal cases there is an obvious injustice and there are always strange/unusual plaintiffs or defendants

January 7, 2011 6:49 am - Posted by admin in Court Room Ettiquette, Criminal Defense, Our Office

This is pretty far fetched. In actuality many people that are involved in criminal and or civil lawsuits that are what people consider “normal,” without getting into defining normal of course. Not every case that comes into the court room is as thrilling as the ones you see on TV. A lot of times it [...]

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Misconception #2. The insanity defense gets used all the time

January 6, 2011 5:35 am - Posted by admin in Court Room Ettiquette, Criminal Defense, Our Office

The media plays a large role in causing misconceptions about the legal process. One misconception is that all cases go to trial. Many drama TV shows don’t take into account that many cases get settled before going to trial. TV shows tend to skip many steps of the process and go straight to the trial, [...]

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Misconception #1. All Cases go to trial

January 5, 2011 5:19 am - Posted by admin in Court Room Ettiquette, Criminal Defense

The media plays a large role in causing misconceptions about the legal process. One misconception is that all cases go to trial. Many drama TV shows don’t take into account that many cases get settled before going to trial. TV shows tend to skip many steps of the process and go straight to the trial, [...]

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It is not appropriate to flirt in the courtroom of a murder trial…who knew?

November 8, 2010 8:15 pm - Posted by Bennerotte in Court Room Ettiquette

A juror in a murder trial in a Connecticut court room passed a note to the court marshal, asking him on a date, earlier this week. The judge in the trail scolded the juror for doing so, saying he was a “romantic at heart,” but called it a “g—– thing to do.” Maybe a murder [...]

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