I’ve written over the past four days how Whitey Bulger’s lawyer J.W. Carney’s attempt to have Judge Stearns removed from Whitey’s trial has to be tightened up a bit. If not it is likely the Appeals Court will slip away from having to decide the issue of Judge Stearns’s unwillingness to recuse himself. It will…
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Whitey Bulger’s Lawyer J.W. Carney Should Take The Following Steps To Have Stearns Removed From The Case
I’ve talked how the Appeals Court will look for reasons to turn down Whitey’s lawyer, J.W. Carney’s petition for a writ of mandamus. The way it is set up now they won’t have to look too hard. I’ve suggested that Carney has to go for the jugular and not shilly-shally around the issues. For example,…
Whitey Bulger’s Lawyer Has To Tighten Up His Argument To Get Judge Stearns Kicked Off The Case
I suggested yesterday the Appeals Court will get around Whitey Bulger’s lawyer’s petition for mandamus because it does not like to decide things piece meal preferring to deal with all the issues of a trial on a regular appeal. If it is faced with an interlocutory matter, a minimum it will require that it be…
Whitey Bulger’s Petition For Mandamus Will Fail: Like A Green Banana The Issues Aren’t Ripe
There are two parts to the trial of Whitey Bulger. The first is whether he committed one, some, or all of the 19 murders that the government has charged against him. The other aspect is whether the government gave immunity for those murders, that is, the U.S. government represented to him that in exchange for…
Whitey Bulger’s Lawyer J.W. Carney In Desperate Move To Protect Client
J.S. Carney has gone to the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit according to a news reports here. He is asking for something that should require little thought on behalf of the Appeals court namely that Judge Stearns not be sitting on the case against Whitey Bulger. His odds of getting relief aren’t good….
Mistrial Declared For Former State Treasurer Tim Cahill: AG Coakley Should End It Now
The indictment of former Treasurer Tim Cahill resulted in a mistrial. His codefendant was acquitted yesterday. It seemed obvious that the jury would not have acquitted one without some if not the majority of the members having doubts about the guilt of Cahill. Speculation now turns to the Attorney General Martha Coakley who brought the…