A Dear Judge Letter
Government to Judge Weisberg: “Meh.” [Updated] It’ s still undecided whether the annual Superior Court felony calender swap will bring in a new judge – former prosecutor Lynn Leibowitz - to preside...
View ArticleDismissive
Government Beats Back Motion to Dismiss In the latest motion filed in the Wone case, the government responded in opposition to the defense’s joint motion to dismiss counts one (conspiracy to obstruct...
View ArticleFirst and Seventeen
Points On The Board Just four months from today, barring no last-minute delays or penalty flags, Judge Lynn Leibovitz will gavel in the trial in which defendants Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor...
View ArticleFriday's (Com)motions
Hard Copies As promised, the three motions filed ahead of Friday’s 2:05pm status hearing. Two seem rather routine. The third, not so. The Government’s Response to Defendants’ Joint Motion to Exclude...
View ArticleAs Seen On TV
The January 15 Status Hearing DC Superior Court’s steam-powered rule that prohibits TV coverage of hearings has long vexed both seasoned journalists and cub reporters alike. Not dissuaded, and taking a...
View ArticleNSFW
Not Safe For Wone Last week’s filing of the Government’s Notice of Uncharged Conduct I generated a fair amount of light and heat in the Robert Wone case. The ‘light’ column features highlights of the...
View ArticleSever(al) Motions
Someone’s Clearly Not On The Same Page Whatever else can be said, this week’s motions have clarified one question…and raised multiple new ones. First, the question answered: how would the defense...
View ArticleWinners and Losers
Govt’s Streamlined Case Up Ends the C.W. Who Wins and Loses? Friday’s status hearing revealed that the government was “winnowing” their case as the May 10 trial date draws near. By dropping many of...
View ArticleGorilla Dust
Kicking Up Distractions Before the Court. Why It Matters In modern times it dates back to December 15th, 1991. H. Ross Perot – remember him? – then a member of the General Motors board, parried with...
View ArticleLois Goslinoski: The Wone Trial’s Canary?
Did Kirschner’s canary come out of defense coal mine alive? Nationally-recognized, Washington-based crime writer Harry Jaffe came out of the Wone trial gate early, hard and fast with three verdicts:...
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