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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 683926" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Fingers crossed Leafy. A dear friend of mine recently went through a bout of MRSA following a revision of a knee replacement. It developed just as she was ending her six-week convalescence and about to return to work. Six more weeks with a PICC line and super-duper antibiotics before she could go back to work after that and she's still on oral antibiotics. Nasty stuff. But even that is treatable.</p><p></p><p>Having been a litigator, I'd like to offer an explanation in defense of the defense attorney. This was a preliminary hearing. In a prelim, all the prosecution does is prove that there is enough evidence to get to trial; basically, is there enough to charge with a felony. There is (nearly) <em>always</em> enough evidence to get to trial. In fact, if they are thinking of a plea bargain, most defense attorney's waive the prelim and just move on to the felony arraignment. Because they <em>know</em> they aren't going to win at preliminary hearing, many defense attorneys take the opportunity to do free discovery and just bang away at the prosecution witnesses looking for holes in their stories they can then dig into later in preparation for trial. In essence, they're looking for anything that can lead to reasonable doubt later.</p><p></p><p>They want to see if they can get a witness to recant or if there's something there they can use later to discredit them. In my mind, doing that to the victim is despicable. But then again, I was a very poor criminal defense attorney. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>If it helps at all, he's way less likely to treat her that way in front of a jury. You don't help your client's case by looking like a jerk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 683926, member: 17309"] Fingers crossed Leafy. A dear friend of mine recently went through a bout of MRSA following a revision of a knee replacement. It developed just as she was ending her six-week convalescence and about to return to work. Six more weeks with a PICC line and super-duper antibiotics before she could go back to work after that and she's still on oral antibiotics. Nasty stuff. But even that is treatable. Having been a litigator, I'd like to offer an explanation in defense of the defense attorney. This was a preliminary hearing. In a prelim, all the prosecution does is prove that there is enough evidence to get to trial; basically, is there enough to charge with a felony. There is (nearly) [I]always[/I] enough evidence to get to trial. In fact, if they are thinking of a plea bargain, most defense attorney's waive the prelim and just move on to the felony arraignment. Because they [I]know[/I] they aren't going to win at preliminary hearing, many defense attorneys take the opportunity to do free discovery and just bang away at the prosecution witnesses looking for holes in their stories they can then dig into later in preparation for trial. In essence, they're looking for anything that can lead to reasonable doubt later. They want to see if they can get a witness to recant or if there's something there they can use later to discredit them. In my mind, doing that to the victim is despicable. But then again, I was a very poor criminal defense attorney. :rolleyes: If it helps at all, he's way less likely to treat her that way in front of a jury. You don't help your client's case by looking like a jerk. [/QUOTE]
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