Comments for Chandler Criminal Defense

Comment on Arizona’s Unusual Statute of Limitations by frauenpotenzmittel

frauenpotenzmittel — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:15:44 +0000

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Comment on A CPS Nightmare by SCOTT A.

SCOTT A. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:27:59 +0000

SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE FREAKS WE ARE DEALING WITH IN WRONG CO MN. I MEAN THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE A SAYING. IN THE BEST INTREST OF THE CHILD. AND THAT COULDNT BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH. ITS IN THE BEST INTREST OF CPS AND THE COURTS. NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WELFARE OF THE CHILD. BUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PRESERVING CPS-S AND THE JUDGES JOBS. PLUS EVERY KID THEY SNATCH FROM A FAMILY THEY GET$4000 TO$6000! UNREAL SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS ITS ALL ABOUT THEIR JOB SECURITY. AND HOW MUTCH THEY CAN GET FROM THE FEDRAL GOV. WHAT IDIOTS. THEY KIDNAPPED OUR 2 GIRLS 9 YRS AGO FOR NO REASON SO AS FAR AS I AM COCERNED THESE FREAKS CAN AND WILL BURN IN HELL!@#$%

Comment on A Lie or Just Misleading? by Jeff Gamso

Jeff Gamso — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:47:30 +0000

Actually, it might be worth litigating the you-have-to-go-through-the-prosecutor rule.

There’s a great Texas case, Stearnes v. Clinton, 780 SW2d 216 (Tex.Crim.App. 1989). Stearnes was facing capital charges. His lawyers, Carlton McLarty and Chuck Lanehart, were removed by the trial judge after they went to the prosecutor’s house to interview a witness who was staying there. The problem, you see, is that the prosecutor wouldn’t give them permission to interview the witness, which the prosecutor insisted they needed. The Court of Criminal Appeals put them back on the case.

I was going to start quoting, but there’s so much good stuff in the opinion I’ll just say what I’ve said before: It should be in the briefcase of every criminal defense lawyer.

Comment on A Lie or Just Misleading? by Matt Brown

Matt Brown — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:57:49 +0000

I think you’re right.

Comment on A Lie or Just Misleading? by Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:11:13 +0000

Call me cynical but I believe it is a lie. She might not want to be interviewed by HIM (or her), but it is BRADY that she has recanted & if he made any effort whatsoever to talk to her (c/w), then he would be reporting the recantation to you. I think you should send him a letter telling him that you have been informed that she has recanted and you are concerned about the Brady violation which appears to be occurring (on a daily basis because Brady requires the information to be turned over as soon as possible – or some wording to that effect.) Don’t let him get away with his crap. Typical prosecutor. (AND, I cannot believe you have to get his permission. In Texas, we have a DUTY to at least try to interview every witness. If we had to go through the Harris County DA’s office, my guess is we would get 1 in 1000 interviewed! What a stupid rule!)

Good luck!

Comment on A CPS Nightmare by Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:51:06 +0000

I’ve had similar issues with CPS. I have a theory about CPS and similar agencies. If you stick a CPS worker into a given geographical area, that CPS worker is going to take away at least X number of kids per year. I’m guessing CPS workers, like almost all government bureaucracies, are evaluated based on comparisons to surrounding CPS offices. I’m sure some baseline expectation, written or unwritten, exists that in a given population a worker should be expected to have X number of cases per year that requires removal of a child from a home. Maybe I’m completely in left field on this but I feel compelled to figure out why some clients lose temporary custody of their children for seemingly no good reason.

Comment on A CPS Nightmare by Matt Brown

Matt Brown — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:51:03 +0000

Mike, I completely agree. The whole time thoughts kept popping into my head about previous clients who didn’t care or actively tried to harm their children and either got CPS to leave them alone or ended up with in-home dependencies.

Comment on A CPS Nightmare by Mike g

Mike g — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:24:33 +0000

It’s even worse when there are clear signs of abuse – cigarette burns, bruises, and a two year old kid saying he’d been sodomized, and CPS does nothing.

I never could figure that one out.

Comment on A CPS Nightmare by Chris K.

Chris K. — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:37:58 +0000

This has become my response to all instances of too much government largesse or improper actions by actors under the color of authority:

“Tall trees, short ropes”

Comment on A CPS Nightmare by Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:32:46 +0000

You didn’t mention it explicitly, but it sounds like the meeting took place at the client’s home, or possibly CPS.

In retrospect, it seems a good idea to only hold such a meeting in a venue where a video recording is taken. Like your office!