Posted on Oct 25, 2010 By Scott Hughes
Orange County Court Judges continue to rely heavily on the recommendation of probation officers at sentencing hearings.That is why preparing a client for his or her interview can have a substantial ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2010 By Scott Hughes
In People v. Vance (Cal.App. 1 Dist.) the prosecutor in a murder trial committed prosecutorial misconduct by making an improper "Golden Rule" argument inviting the jury to put itself in the victim's ...
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