Awaiting the Peterson verdict....

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

You know, for all the hoopla, I really don't think Geragos is "all that". That boat stunt is enough to make me truly sick (on at least a moral level), and the fact that he made so many "mistakes" during the trial just blows me away. Examples:

1. He promised that he would show that Scott is "stone-cold innocent" in his opening statement as well as promising to prove that the baby was born much later than the time Laci disappeared. He didn't deliver on either count.

2. He was making jokes during the trial much to the disgust of the jury.

3. His expert witness imploded on the stand.

I've always maintained that he is a horrifically bad lawyer of epic proportions. All of his big cases from the past few years have been lost, have imploded, and/or ended in his firing. His stunts ALWAYS backfire (Winona, Jacko, Peterson) and he doesn't just have egg on his face, he has an omelette all over his suit.

[Mad4stevie]

Originally Posted by dissention

I've always maintained that he is a horrifically bad lawyer of epic proportions. All of his big cases from the past few years have been lost, have imploded, and/or ended in his firing. His stunts ALWAYS backfire (Winona, Jacko, Peterson) and he doesn't just have egg on his face, he has an omelette all over his suit.

Wow - we agree on two points!!

He does seem to take on cases with people who are pathological liers. Amazing. If I were a criminal defendant there is no way in hell I would want him - LOL!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Wow - we agree on two points!!

He does seem to take on cases with people who are pathological liers. Amazing. If I were a criminal defendant there is no way in hell I would want him - LOL!

1. After seeing the tapes of Winona stealing merchandise, he continued to maintain that she had receipts and that he had seen them. He also claimed to have the prescriptions in his possession. He lost the case.

2. He not-so-subtley threatened all witnesses in the Jacko case by exclaiming he would come down on them "like a ton of bricks." He also led the charge that Jacko was abused in police custody. He was quickly fired.

3. Every stunt of his in the Peterson case has backfired and the jurors, by all accounts, loathe him. He will lose it.

HE'S AWWWWWWWWWWWWFUL.

[Mad4stevie]

Originally Posted by dissention

1. After seeing the tapes of Winona stealing merchandise, he continued to maintain that she had receipts and that he had seen them. He also claimed to have the prescriptions in his possession. He lost the case.

Yeah - that is the one that got me. I mean . . . REALLY. How do you go to trial with that kind of case?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Yeah - that is the one that got me. I mean . . . REALLY. How do you go to trial with that kind of case?

This is why I think he is on cocaine. I mean it fits the bill doesn't it. High powered lawyer not really making rationale decisions. Very strange behavior. I guess he thought people would like WR enough not to convict her in the face of that HUGE evidence. AND - what was up with that "I was learning for a movie role" tripe

[Mad4stevie]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

This is why I think he is on cocaine. I mean it fits the bill doesn't it. High powered lawyer not really making rationale decisions. Very strange behavior. I guess he thought people would like WR enough not to convict her in the face of that HUGE evidence. AND - what was up with that "I was learning for a movie role" tripe

Yes, I would have to agree!

What ever happened about candor toward the tribunal?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Yes, I would have to agree!

What ever happened about candor toward the tribunal?

Maybe he thinks it is damage control in some sort of tell the press and then spin it kind of way. I mean the press has power - no question about it. But, they also love to feed on what they have built.

[amber]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

This is why I think he is on cocaine. I mean it fits the bill doesn't it. High powered lawyer not really making rationale decisions. Very strange behavior. I guess he thought people would like WR enough not to convict her in the face of that HUGE evidence. AND - what was up with that "I was learning for a movie role" tripe

Hmmn, that's exactly what i thought when i first read the description of how he is. Drug of choice for lawyers, i swear, too. Also, they can usually afford it