This will be a somewhat short recap of some of the events that occurred in the Frank Carson hearing on December 30th 2015. It will not be very lengthy but there were a few interesting things that occurred. The first part of the hearing is dedicated to confirming that Martha Carlton Magana’s client effectively waived the possible conflict. Judge Zuniga went over very carefully the ramifications of his waving the right to have a new attorney. Ms. Magana’s client knowingly and effectively waived the conflict. The focus was then placed on the fact that the records subpoenaed from the California
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My writings on this case may become shorter and fewer as I have to spend more time in the new year working on other cases I have been assigned to. My co-author Tom Jensen is certainly doing a great job in presenting the daily events in this case. My musings will add some color and confirmation of Tom’s stories. December 29, 2015, a day which will live in infamy in the infinitesimal mind of an infinitesimal street thug. Patrick Hampton resumed the stand this morning and almost immediately began his vitriolic responses to questions from defense attorneys on cross-examination. You
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On arrival in court this morning, I noticed that today’s star witness for the prosecution, Patrick Hampton, came to the front door inspection station along with the rest of us. This was a surprise because I thought he might have snuck in the back door the way all of their other star prosecution witnesses usually do. Didn’t take too long though for the prosecutor to take their star witness in through the overflow room. And it appears the Modesto bee is again absent this morning so the public will have to get its news through other sources such as back
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