Posted on 07/22/2006 4:18:08 PM PDT by TommyDale
DURHAM, N.C. -- Officials say they are investigating an alleged assault involving Durham police officers outside a Raleigh bar.
(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...
Good lord! It's takes a lay person to do a reporter's job. JMOO asked the right question and she got the motion.
Unbelievable!
Yep, as I said at CTV the local papers think a Pulitzer is either a German beer or a pipe organ.
LOL!!
I hope Jmoo also handed Cheshire some printouts of the CGM website and the C. Destine Couch website...
"Download slots are busy..." LOL
The corruption in Durham reminds me of the corruption in Pinellas County, Fla. during the Terri Schiavo saga...
After reading that motion, I'm left with the thought "What was Titus thinking?" That was a wonderful argument against gagging the already injured players.
Just wait 20 seconds or whatever the countdown is and it will ask you to type in a code of letters. It took me a couple of tries and I had to clear my cache.
It was a pretty good motion, I wish: 1) they had stressed that the right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment goes to the defendant; and 2) they had specifically cited cases, if any, where Rule 3.6 had been reduced to an order and applied to non-lawyers. They did raise this issue that Rule 3.6 is only applicable to lawyers, but if no court has ever expanded the rule to cover nonlawyers, then this should have been stated. I question whether Titus had the authority to give Rule 3.6 such an expansive reading.
Loved all the Nifong quotes!
Wow! I am really curious now how the judge is going to deal with that.
http://home.att.net/~ltc8k6/Osborn21Julymotion.pdf
I have it copied here.
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Margaret, that's an excellent point about Rule 3.6. So Titus's order deviated from the norm. That's very troubling.
I have been very puzzled by the order. That's why I'd like to read it. LOL!
I still don't understand how this judge could invoke Rule 3.6 and apply it to nonlawyers, such as potential witnesses. If Titus wanted a gag order, why not just issue a gag order?
Little about this case makes sense.
Good comparison.
Thanks for that link.
Those Nifong quotes are rich! Did the local MSM shy away from posting the filing because some of the sources of Nifong's quotes are referenced to the N & O, WRAL, etc.?
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