Notes from practice · D.C. Superior Court
Policy Shmolicy: Dealing With Junior Prosecutors
Occasionally you have a judge who tells it like it is. I am standing at the bar of the court. My client has successfully completed...
PDS Launches Criminal Law Blog
Jamison Koehler
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09/25/2013
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The Public Defender Service (PDS) has just begun a blog — the PDS Criminal Law Blog — that reviews recent D.C. Court of Appeals opinions. ...
Mindy Daniels, my reluctant mentor
She doesn’t know it yet but Mindy Daniels is going to be my mentor on all things having to do with the D.C. Court of...
Why I Prefer D.C. Superior Court
Here are 15 reasons I prefer D.C. Superior Court to the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia: There is a cafeteria. There is a lawyer’s lounge....
On “Constructive Venting” And Wayne My Investigator
Seth Godin writes about a friend of his, a middle school teacher, who avoided the teacher’s lounge because “he couldn’t bear the badmouthing of students,...
Firing Andrew Crespo
I am watching what has to be the best cross-examination at a probable cause hearing I have ever seen. It is a new attorney from...
A Guilty Plea at D.C. Superior Court
Guest Post by Emma Brush A visit to Arlington was the occasion for this undeserved opportunity of mine to post. Originally, my Uncle Jamie had...
Why I Like D.C.’s Public Defender Service
When I worked as a public defender in Philadelphia, we had what I can only describe as an uneasy relationship with the private criminal defense...
Still Brady v. Maryland
The prosecutor can hardly blame me for being skeptical. I ask her about one of the counts that was dropped from the complaint, and she...
Open Letter to an Honest Cop
Dear Officer Parrish: A couple of weeks ago, I cross-examined one of your colleagues from the 3rd District. The issue at that hearing was similar...
Joseph Rakofsky’s Former Client Sentenced to 10 Years
Jamison Koehler
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05/04/2012
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After pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, Dontrell Deaner has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised probation....
List for D.C. Juvenile Panel is Out
The list of lawyers approved to take on court appointments for juvenile cases is now out. D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield issued the...
D.C. Welcomes Jackie Cadman
Mani Golzari told me she was coming to D.C., but I had no idea she was already here until I ran into her yesterday in...
A Public Defender Just Doing His Job
I am watching Mani Golzari of the D.C. Public Defender Service cross-examine a police officer at a probable cause hearing. Of all the cross-examinations...