ODT attorneys....Can your dust cover prove premeditated murder in a self defense scenario?

[rbstern]

Skipping over 10 pages of reading....I know an attorney (that means I'm not one) who had a case some years back on an auto wreck. Everything was going well until the opposing side submitted a picture of his clients bumper. The client had a bumper sticker that said basically "hit me, I need the money" Jury seemed to feel his client didn't need much money after that.

Yep.

If you ever sit to give a deposition in a lawsuit, you might be surprised when the opposing attorney asks you, usually right after asking for your name and address, if you've ever been arrested.

What does that have to do with being a witness in a lawsuit? Easy: The attorney is looking for dirt on you, as a way to discredit things you might say in your testimony. Your personal history may have nothing to do with the facts of case at hand, but that doesn't mean the attorney can't use it to shade a jury's perception of your testimony.

A trial is not only about facts. It's also about perception.

 

[Comanche]

Well then they got judged by 12 and not carried by 6 at least.

 

[Tactical Beaver]

Tee he he! He said proffer.













*what the heck does proffer mean?

 

[lostchild]

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Well, then....

 

[sniper22]

Well, then....

Don't you like it when folks use big words, so us ignorant hillbillies feel inferior...

 

[gh1950]

Don't you like it when folks use big words, so us ignorant hillbillies feel inferior...

They don't have to be that big.

 

[sniper22]

They don't have to be that big.

Not fer me

 

[captdave77]

Should you ever need to defend your life, make lethal force the very last option.

If you have to use your firearm, every inappropriate joke you ever told, every "like" on the internet, every ex-girlfriend, and every subscription will be scrutinized. Zimmerman won his case because of overwhelming evidence to the contrary of the prosecution's narrative. Think about that. He had to prove that he was not a racist hell bent on killing a black kid, not the other way around.

I went to HVAC medical school, not law but I will give my advice. Don't give the media ammunition to lynch you. Media pressure leads to indictments and media coverage poisons jury pools. Perception is reality.