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Monroe County Public Defender Office

"I Object!"

Jim Eckert, Assistant Public Defender in the Appeals Bureau, does a monthly "I Object!" e-mail on an interesting legal issue.

We will post these articles here in PDF format for use by the defense attorney community.

Articles

710.30 - Unnoticed Statements as Impeachment
Completes the Narrative
Consecutive vs Concurrent
Jurors - Replacing Missing Jurors
Jury Notes
Preservation - Generally
Repugnant Verdicts
Suppression Denial - Need Order Before Plea or Issue Waived
Ten Simple Rules
The Limits of Cross-Examination
Discovery
Exceptions
Experts
Grand Jury Waivers of Immunity
Hicks Stops
Huntley Hearings - Unnoticed Statements
Jury Trials on Misdemeanors and Violations
Molineux
Specificity of Objections
Post-Hearing Argument
Recording Interrogations
Refusal to Charge vs. Charge as Given
Renewing Your Trial Order of Dismissal Motion
Reopening Hearings
Replacement Cost in Larceny and Stolen Property Cases
Reverse Rosario
Automatic Standing
Standing to Contest a Search
Statutory Double Jeopardy
Summary Contempt
Testifying About Showups at Trial
Effect of SORA Classifications

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