tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post509683016640483001..comments2024-01-02T10:09:58.744-08:00Comments on Preaching to the choir: Trial things that have been annoying me latelyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-24044945841615396072009-09-29T09:00:08.740-07:002009-09-29T09:00:08.740-07:00Believe me, Miss Conduct, as an appellate lawyer, ...Believe me, Miss Conduct, as an appellate lawyer, I would LOVE it if you could get that "just plain boring" rule going!Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-79798969153303355622009-09-28T15:40:02.893-07:002009-09-28T15:40:02.893-07:00I've been lobbying for the "that's ju...I've been lobbying for the "that's just plain boring" objection for years.<br /><br />I've gotten lots of sympathy, but no positive rulings.Miss Conduct PDXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661098876249342714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-82516445316291522002009-09-27T21:14:19.441-07:002009-09-27T21:14:19.441-07:00Yep. We love the Stinky Rule. Courts don't f...Yep. We love the Stinky Rule. Courts don't follow it much, though, I'm sorry to say.Jeff Gamsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-23170005517062017342009-09-27T19:53:50.973-07:002009-09-27T19:53:50.973-07:00Aren't those the real rules we want to follow ...Aren't those the real rules we want to follow in court? The Stupid Rule and the Stinky Rule.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-3705811526303028052009-09-26T21:37:53.780-07:002009-09-26T21:37:53.780-07:00Sign the petition to Governor Rick Perry and the S...<a href="http://camerontoddwillingham.com/?page_id=6" rel="nofollow">Sign the petition to Governor Rick Perry and the State of Texas to acknowledge that the fire in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was not arson, therefore no crime was committed and on February 17, 2004, Texas executed an innocent man</a>.Texas Moratorium Networkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080688585101692480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-55186140564751787052009-09-26T11:41:14.527-07:002009-09-26T11:41:14.527-07:00I have the transcript page from when a judge affir...I have the transcript page from when a judge affirmed a defense objection to a prosecutor's cross-examination of a defense witness.<br /><br />Apoplectic because, after all, that's not supposed to happen, the prosecutor burbled, "What? What's the basis for that ruling? What's wrong with my question?"<br /><br />"It stinks," said the judge.<br /><br />Completely nonplussed, the prosecutor blurted out the words that echo through the legal community to this day, and gave name to the event: "The stinky rule!"Jeff Gamsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.com