Right after I wrote the first coaching piece I came across this cartoon by Hugh MacLeod at his wonderful website gapingvoid.com. “You can’t read the label of the jar you’re...
Author: Roy Black
The Federal Cooperation Scheme
The Sunday Miami Herald had a page-one story on the Scott Rothstein criminal enterprise. While most of the scandalous events have been publicized by now, one quote caught my attention....
Coaching
“Times change, not men, and me, least of all.” Jacques Mesrine, French Gangster I loved the film “Chariots of Fire,” about two British Olympic sprinters and their desire for gold...
Cross-Examining McQueary
It is comparatively easy to cross-examine the cooperating witness. One who is involved with the conspiracy. Who committed crimes. One with a substantial history of crimes, deception and dishonesty. Who...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I voraciously devoured all three books and the Swedish films of the Millennium trilogy so I can comfortably be counted as a hopeless Steig Larsson fanboi. But this is not...
Cross-examining the Cooperating Witness (Part 1)
As some of you know, I like to have concrete examples to use in illustrating and discussing the arts of trial advocacy. I don’t think anyone can learn them from...
Conrad Murray: The Sentencing (Part 2)
It is hard to sit back and watch fumbling lawyers allow an injustice to occur. I felt sick listening to the judge’s rant at the sentencing hearing. Not that I...
Conrad Murray: The Sentencing
The hearing started with the attorneys making their pitches for the sentence. Both were fairly understated. Not much advocacy. They were almost quiet. The prosecution made much of the documentary...
Boyfriend of Robyn Gardner Released in Aruba
Robyn Gardner’s boyfriend is released from an Aruban jail after authorities fail to find evidence to charge him in her disappearance. Roy Black appears with Nancy Grace on Good Morning,...
Conrad Murray: The 100 Million Dollar Man
It is reported that the prosecutors are asking for a four-year sentence, the maximum for involuntary manslaughter in California. In addition to the prison term, the prosecutors wrote, Murray should...