by Richard Siferd | Mar 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
I have a hard time believing this one. Judge O’Toole was elected to the 11th District Court of Appeals, then lost an election. So she was no longer a judge. She ran for the seat again. Here are quotes from the opinion of Justice Lanzinger. “Count Three of the...
by Richard Siferd | Jan 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
I give this a vote for progress. One can now file an appeal with the Court in PDF format and use a credit card for payment. I have learned the pitfalls of filing by mail. One needs to allow for two weeks to file a notice of appeal and memorandum in support by mail. I...
by Richard Siferd | Dec 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here are some judicial opinions in which a judge admitted he had been wrong in another case. We must take the law as we find it, and, upon examination of its language, we are of opinion that this exception is well taken. The cases of United States v. Laciest, 2 Mason...
by Richard Siferd | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Well, in theory and in exceptional and rare circumstances this may be true. The problem would be when the prosecutor has to eat the ham sandwich. This goes along with the statement that a prosecutor’s job is to prosecute – which is wrong. A prosecutor’s job is to do...
by Richard Siferd | Nov 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am writing this before the grand jury decision has been announced. So the grand jury returns a no bill; that is, it refuses to indict the officer who shot Michael Brown. I personally think that is probably a fair result. I think that the death of Michael Brown is a...
