Goodman v. Wampler (MLW No. 65243/Case No. SD31611 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)

Tagged with: Actual Innocence criminal defense Legal malpractice Negligence

Criminal defense attorneys: Prepare to grapple with either slamming the character of dead victims in open court or risking being deemed ineffective counsel. That appears on its face to be the message in an opinion last week from the Missouri ...

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Evans & Dixon senior associate Talmage Newton IV meets with a client at the St. Louis city workhouse. Newton is representing the client as part of his volunteer work for the Missouri Public Defender System. He's also handling two federal public defense cases for which he can be paid $110 an hour.

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Memo to criminal defense lawyers: If the government makes an oral promise, get it in writing. Tyler M. Leach pleaded guilty to one count of using interstate commerce to attempt to entice a minor into illegal sexual conduct. U.S. District ...

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A recent forensic science report released by the National Academy of Sciences is likely to be a new weapon for attorneys, particular criminal defense lawyers trying to exclude non-DNA forensic evidence, such as fingerprints, hair analysis, tool marks, handwriting analysis ...

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* The Marks Law Firm, managing attorney * University of Missouri-Columbia * Family Law Jonathan Marks is building a reputation for handling difficult family law matters with an extra measure of sensitivity. He is managing attorney at The Marks Law ...

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Of all the reasons to call a lawyer, among the least pleasant has to be over accusations of killing someone. Scott Rosenblum has received that call many times. By his own estimation he’s defended at least 80 murder cases in ...

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These days, it’s possible to be a lawyer and hardly ever wear a coat and tie, particularly at the office and sometimes even in court. So when a carefully dressed attorney like Scott Rosenblum enters the courtroom with a swish ...

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