Comments on: The Secret to Winning: Bennett-Style http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html the tao of criminal-defense trial lawyering Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-4753 Steve Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:52:10 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html#comment-4753 Spence gives up the secret to success in full living color... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGm3yG9WJE Spence gives up the secret to success in full living color…
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]]> By: UNDERDOG - Criminal Defense/ DWI / DUI Defense in Maryland, Virginia, DC http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-4531 UNDERDOG - Criminal Defense/ DWI / DUI Defense in Maryland, Virginia, DC Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:16:46 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html#comment-4531 <strong>There are no secrets?...</strong>  Yin Yang On a rainy September morning a dozen years ago, with a few days left between leaving my public defender post to return to private practice, I pondered which way to drive for a mini-vacation. "Where do I want to visit that I have not ye... There are no secrets?…

 Yin Yang On a rainy September morning a dozen years ago, with a few days left between leaving my public defender post to return to private practice, I pondered which way to drive for a mini-vacation. "Where do I want to visit that I have not ye…

]]> By: Tarian http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-4522 Tarian Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:51:38 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html#comment-4522 I was meditating in the Lotus position when it came to me...SHE HAD BORROWED SOMEONE ELSE'S PANTS! Then I picked up the phone, left Lindsay a VM reminder about the rest of my $150,000 fee, and returned to my meditations. There is no secret to winning. Either the truth is on your side, or it isn't. (See No. 10 on AHCL's site, which might as well have been No. 1 and only.) If you are honest with the jury and can demonstrate to them that you are right, you will win. Sounds simplistic, but it's true. Align yourself with the facts as much as possible and don't insult their intelligence and destroy your credibility with them by making ridiculous arguments. I was meditating in the Lotus position when it came to me…SHE HAD BORROWED SOMEONE ELSE’S PANTS!

Then I picked up the phone, left Lindsay a VM reminder about the rest of my $150,000 fee, and returned to my meditations.

There is no secret to winning. Either the truth is on your side, or it isn’t. (See No. 10 on AHCL’s site, which might as well have been No. 1 and only.) If you are honest with the jury and can demonstrate to them that you are right, you will win. Sounds simplistic, but it’s true. Align yourself with the facts as much as possible and don’t insult their intelligence and destroy your credibility with them by making ridiculous arguments.

]]> By: Glen Graham http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html/comment-page-1#comment-4520 Glen Graham Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:40:22 +0000 http://bennettandbennett.com/blog/2008/08/the-secret-to-winning-bennett-style.html#comment-4520 The most important thing to do is to listen to the client. Listen to their story. At some point, perhaps, return to the scene of the incident and have the client show you what happened --- dramatization (psycho-drama). Consider, having the client show the jury what happened when they testify. Consider taking pictures of the scene. One defendant was accused of indecent exposure and the witness described his private part as particularly large (about 9) and the lawyer took pictures of the private part which was in fact somewhat small. The jury found him not guilty. The lawyer kept saying over and over ---- a picture is worth a thousand words --- what man would risk the ridicule of being called small if they were not innocent? I always look at the jury instructions for any and all possible arguments and defenses which I have over-looked and the web is the newest source --- checking out personal web sites like myspace on witnesses. Prepare the closing argument first. Be able to tell the story. Have a theme. Have a headline. Provide ammunition for the jurors who will argue for acquittal. Believe in your client's defense. Find your clients defense. Tell the client's story in believable dramatic terms. Yours in the Defense of Fellow Human Beings, Glen R. Graham, Attorney at Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma The most important thing to do is to listen to the client. Listen to their story. At some point, perhaps, return to the scene of the incident and have the client show you what happened — dramatization (psycho-drama). Consider, having the client show the jury what happened when they testify. Consider taking pictures of the scene. One defendant was accused of indecent exposure and the witness described his private part as particularly large (about 9) and the lawyer took pictures of the private part which was in fact somewhat small. The jury found him not guilty. The lawyer kept saying over and over —- a picture is worth a thousand words — what man would risk the ridicule of being called small if they were not innocent? I always look at the jury instructions for any and all possible arguments and defenses which I have over-looked and the web is the newest source — checking out personal web sites like myspace on witnesses. Prepare the closing argument first. Be able to tell the story. Have a theme. Have a headline. Provide ammunition for the jurors who will argue for acquittal. Believe in your client’s defense. Find your clients defense. Tell the client’s story in believable dramatic terms.
Yours in the Defense of Fellow Human Beings,
Glen R. Graham, Attorney at Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma

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