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    Was he under oath? Did he actually speak in court on the issue or did his attorneys advance that argument? If so, prove beyond a reasonable doubt that when he made the statement, he knew that the reason he was giving was not true at the time he stated it. So…no. Proceed to rant.
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    He could get behind legalizing weed, and they would suddenly set aside Palestine issues, etc.
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    It depends on how that evidence is offered and for what purpose. Pretty difficult to answer at this point.
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    They get on the jury because the State had other jurors that they felt more strongly about using peremptory strikes on.
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    Sure, but counsel can ask questions that reference that information during selection. Jury selection, other than in death penalty cases generally is a proceeding conducted in open court with a court reporter. It’s part of a public trial, with Open Court provisions and such. Fun fact: In most Texas criminal trials, the State, after receiving the juror information the morning of trial…rushes a copy down to their office so that their investigators can run detailed background checks on everyone. I just now have found creative ways to casually relay that to jury panels during voire dire, just to give them negative feels about the prosecution.
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    Israel purchases weapons from us, AFAIK.
  7. scottsins
    Yes. Months. Point still remains.
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    Wait. Do you know why we are even discussing perjury? Hint: it’s because a really connected person with resources was just sent down to do 5 years for the charge.
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    Golf clap. * would have given bonus points for constant misspelling “judgment”.
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    Lol. Are you serious? I was taken aback by immamac’s number of 40-50%, but 100%? I’ve represented hundreds of DWI defendants. NOT ONE has ever told me that they decided to drive, knowing that they were impaired, because they couldn’t figure out another way to get home. Not one. Virtually all of them either just chose poorly or, as is often the case, did not realize that they were LEGALLY impaired.
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    Yes.
  12. scottsins
    Why is anyone assuming that he was “over the legal limit”? Do y’all not know how DWI’s work?
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    What % of DWI’s do you think are the result of the offender not being able to find/afford alternative transportation?
  14. scottsins
    In Texas criminal trials, we often file what our judges call “Motions to Exclude disguised as Motions in Limine”.
  15. scottsins
    Link to someone asserting that Trump is always acting in good faith?
  16. scottsins
    Ramy is a talented standup, actor (was in Poor Things) and also writer. In fact, I think he directed the “Honeydew” episode of The Bear, Season 2.
  17. scottsins
    Yeah. A pure question of law with no facts in dispute will usually work like that.
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    Ok. So we have a separate preliminary hearing on the “threat to the republic” legal standard? What burden of proof should be used and should that question go to a jury or nah? What would be the elements to meet that burden? Only POTUS elections? Does the timing relative to an upcoming election matter? What if the defendant is not yet the named nominee for said election?
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    Cool. Propose a new rule that would alleviate the current problems.
  20. scottsins
    With an abortion referendum on the ballot, doesn’t that just give suburban GOP women voters a convenient “out”. Vote against the abortion ban, but then vote for all of the shitbag GOP candidates?
  21. scottsins
    THIS! I guess some would propose a solution along the lines of just having judges state: “ I know that there are rules and shit, but I really think this defendant is a danger to our country so I’m going to just do some shit that I never do otherwise, possible outside what is allowed by law.”
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    What if someone smoke during pregnancy? Or drinks a glass of wine. All of these things have some possible detrimental effect on the fetus. Is that grounds for the state taking legal custody of someone’s child?
  23. scottsins
    That might figure into it. Pretrial diversion isn’t just reserved for cases with “proof problems” though. I’ve gotten LOTS of them for clients with cases that were clearly slam dunks for the State.
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    I dunno. Ask my low income client that got a pretrial diversion just like this for his charge of felony domestic violence-strangulation. To be clear, it IS a generous offer from the State, and I don’t like it. It’s not the anomaly that some people think.
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    The fact that his regular gig is as defense counsel has zero to do with the result. I say this as someone who has worked on both sides of the system. I’m not defending the agreement, but him being a defense attorney getting the blame is a weak take.

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