Scoplaw
"While others rise through their gravity, I sink through my levity."
Author: R.J. McCaffery says he is "a poet who works for a public defender."
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • Public Defenders • Public Defender
Recent Posts from Scoplaw
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All Good Things Come to an End
In this case, my stint in the county court. I was transferred to the Juvenile court division of my office, and my first day will be on Monday. In attempts to figure out "what's going…
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Trial Prep for the Upcoming Week
Sponsored by Alabama Jack's in Key Largo. Conch fritters. Ummmm. Also sponsored by Battlestar Galactica's Season 4. I just finished it today. Clearly the weakest of all 4 seasons, it lost its way at several…
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Back in the Saddle
After a dearth of trial cases which actually go (they've been all nolle prossed or the clients have bench warranted) we had two go today.Case #1 - DUI. Result: case nolle prossed mid-dispositve motion as…
- Not a Pretty Picture - Hanna, Ike, Josephine
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Ruling on PD's Excessive Caseloads
The Circuit court decision addressing the Miami Public Defender's motion to appoint other counsel in unappointed non-capital felony cases just came down. I'll refrain from a detailed analysis except to note (out of strictly personal…
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“Well, I’m back,” he said.
Apologies to those who check in on the blog to see what I’m up to, but it’s been a busy time for me. When last I wrote, it was mid July. Since then I engaged…
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Bad Day. Sit Day. Sit.
The night seemed to start well, despite the fact I had a sweet potential apartment snatched from under me. I spent the early evening hanging out with an (equally) opinionated cyclist grrrl who was a…
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Quasi Super Somethings
My new trial partner and I are considering changing our names to Captain Nolle Prosse and the No Victim Contact Avenger. Nothing much goes to trial when we combine our superpowers. Actually it's just a…
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Justice in Jeopardy
ABC news is reporting on our local crisis, as well as the financial problems facing public defenders in Kentucky and Minnesota.Defense attorneys tend to get a bad rap from the angry public. Public defenders, at…
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Bumper Stickers
are only of use in speaking to others while you are killing the planet. Spoke Cards are much better instead.This is mine at the moment.