It's time to air some grievances:
1. Prosecutors who still don't turn over all 302s.
2. Prosecutors who still don't agree to turn over exhibit and witness lists.
3. Judges who don't force prosecutors to do so.
4. Corporate surety bonds (instead of signature bonds).
5. The Sentencing Guidelines.
6. The Trial Tax.
7. Harmless error.
8. Lawyers who claim to be defense lawyers who won't tell you what their client will say at trial.
9. Judges who deny motions for continuances.
10. 801(d)(2)(e).
What's a trial tax?
ReplyDeleteSigned, collegially,
The Judges of the SDFL, The 11th Circuit, The Judges of Florida state courts, DCAs and Supreme Court.
You only get the 302s you need. And we decide what you need.
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Do you have any idea what would happen without harmless error? It would be chaos. Defendant's getting new trials and discharges on appeal pretty much every week. We rely on, nay, we need criminal defense attorneys at trial who sit quietly while serious error occurs. The system we created runs on that. Like gasoline to a car, or electricity to Elon Musk, or stolen elections to you know who. Harmless error is who we are. It's our identity. On our keyboards we have one button which when hit immediately types out " harmless error" which as everyone knows cannot be fundamental error (see 11th cir internal rule `1A.).
ReplyDeleteWe are thinking of renaming harmless error the "presumption of guilty rule". Kind of catchy right? Thoughts on that?
Oh my God stop the whining!
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