tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post112265880286182459..comments2024-03-18T07:55:19.196-07:00Comments on Public Defender Dude: How Easy it is to be a murderer in CaliforniaPD Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067582064163477160noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-26559599983361996102008-09-15T17:21:00.000-07:002008-09-15T17:21:00.000-07:00As this site is showing how easy to murdere in cal...As this site is showing how easy to murdere in california.As th most of the yoth are habitutating to the wid things.ITs time to take the neccesary precautions by the government.<BR/>***********************************<BR/><A HREF="http://www.legalx.net" REL="nofollow">http://www.legalx.net</A>johngeorge234https://www.blogger.com/profile/15083453842563557970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-1128394467775936442005-10-03T19:54:00.000-07:002005-10-03T19:54:00.000-07:00mobile home in california Information => mobile ho...mobile home in california<BR/> Information => <A HREF="http://www.californiahomestuff.com" REL="nofollow">mobile home in california<BR/></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-1122944172175015132005-08-01T17:56:00.000-07:002005-08-01T17:56:00.000-07:00[Britt]: Jesus Christ![Keehley]: Is it as easy to ...[Britt]: Jesus Christ!<BR/><BR/>[Keehley]: Is it as easy to prove wrongful acts under CA tort law?<BR/><BR/>[Terry]: What you describe sounds like something out of the <I>Fallstaff</I>.<BR/><BR/>[Fish]: That was that case with the guy getting on the train that dropped the fireworks and the scale hit the lady right?<BR/><BR/>[Keehley]: *slaps his forehead and lets his hand slide down unlit it covers his face* You guys are using <I>that</I> for criminal law?<BR/><BR/>[Johnnie]: Christ... I'm glad I'm dead.britt newbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302991924338156991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-1122826845073013142005-07-31T09:20:00.000-07:002005-07-31T09:20:00.000-07:00So would this same murder rule apply if, say, the ...So would this same murder rule apply if, say, the executives of a coal mine deferred mainenance or supplied their workers with inadequate information and got them killed? Or does it only apply to distasteful schmucks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-1122662519372530742005-07-29T11:41:00.000-07:002005-07-29T11:41:00.000-07:00Dude, this area of California law is indeed an awf...Dude, this area of California law is indeed an awful mess. But even more troubling is the occasional failure of defense lawyers to utilize, as did appellate counsel for Ms. Knoller, the case law requiring the prosecution to prove that the defendant actually appreciated the risk of death his conduct presented. The standard jury instructions are vague, and prosecutors exploit that ambiguity in argument to the jury all the time. Particularly now that the Supreme Court has taken the Knoller case, defense lawyers need to request supplemental jury instructions requiring a finding that the defendant actually knew that his conduct posed a high risk of death, aim evidence at the question of what if anything the defendant actually appreciated about the risk, and object when prosecutors argue as though hindight foreseeability is what counts. I think we have a decent chance of getting the Cal Supremes to rule that Ms. Knoller's trial judge was correct -- the defendant must know that her conduct raised a high probability of death -- and the Court of Appeal was wrong in saying that appreciating some risk of injury to another is enough. But only those defendants whose lawyers raise the issue in the trial court are likely to benefit from this long-needed reexamination of the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com