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It Only Looks Easy.

Why does it cost more to hire me as the sec­ond lawyer on your case? Because the first lawyer was prob­a­bly this guy:

(H/T D.A. Con­fi­den­tial, who says, “This is how it works. For real.” DAC is a Travis County pros­e­cu­tor; ’nuff said.)

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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5 Responses to “It Only Looks Easy.”

  1. Defending People » It Only Looks Easy. « Criminal Defense in Massachusetts says:
    24 October 2010 at 9:45 am

    […] Defend­ing Peo­ple » It Only Looks Easy. Mark Ben­nett, a Hous­ton Crim­i­nal Defense Lawyer, posted this on his blog Defend­ing Peo­ple.  As he says, “Why does it cost more to hire me as the sec­ond lawyer on your case? Because the first lawyer was prob­a­bly this guy.”  He’s right.  It only looks easy. […]

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  2. Gideon says:
    24 October 2010 at 11:52 am

    At least he didn’t iden­tify him­self as a pub­lic defender.

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  3. This blog, plus: Prosecutors and future judges – or do I repeat myself? « Lawyers on Strike says:
    25 October 2010 at 10:42 am

    […] other thing.  Mark Ben­nett and Scott Green­field are mak­ing hay about a mildly amus­ing video posted by a pros­e­cu­tor ridiculing […]

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  4. Nathan Burney says:
    26 October 2010 at 7:43 pm

    Yup, me too. Most of my clients these days retain me to make every­thing bet­ter after some less-than-capable lawyer has dug their hole even deeper. And this car­i­ca­ture isn’t even as bad as those pre­de­ces­sors really can be. Oh the sto­ries I could tell…

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