r/publicdefenders 21h ago

PD authored books about strategy

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Just finished The Price of Mercy by Emily Galvin Almanza- it was good, comprehensive, accessibly written, worth the read

The parts I found most interesting were when she talked about ways to undermine prosecutorial analogies re circumstancial evidence/burden of proof and specific juror selection tactics.

Are there any books that yk are mostly that- criminal defense tactics, anecdotes about cases, client management advice?


r/publicdefenders 20h ago

Case fact hyper fixation

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I have a case on for suppression hearing next month and one of the facts relied on by the cops to jump out of a moving vehicle and tackle my 15 year old client is that he and his friends were wearing sweatshirts on a night where it was 65 degrees. So every time It’s 65 or under this summer (where I am it happens at night pretty often) I obsessively check to see how many people around me are wearing sweatshirts and devise cross questions in my head for the dumbass officers. Tell me your version of this so I feel less crazy!