Negotiating Plea Agreements with Bite (Plea Agreements Pt. II)
The decision whether to enter into a plea agreement with the government/state is the most important choice a client will make. But too many clients enter into bad pleas – ones that promise little and give up a lot. A client shouldn’t have to settle for a plea that lacks real bite. Therefore, in Part…
Pleading Straight Up, No Chaser! (Plea Agreements, Part I)
Pleading guilty and waiving your right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt at trial is the most important choice a client will make in any case. But the decision to enter into a less than ideal plea agreement with the government is often influenced by fear, intimidation and false information. …
DePape (Pelosi Attacker) Sentencing Post-Mortem
It shocked the nation when David DePape, driven by insane QAnon conspiracy theories, violently attacked Paul Pelosi, husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A federal judge recently sentenced DePape to 30 years in prison. With that de facto life sentence looming, we uncover a legal twist: the judge’s oversight during sentencing denied him the chance…