Trial Practice Manual for Criminal Defense Lawyers: A Field Guide to Courtroom Combat

As a criminal defense trial lawyer, and especially a public defender, your task is enormous. You represent people who are in many ways unrepresentable. The jury doesn’t like them and doesn’t understand why you represent them. As such, your clients do not need a lawyer, they need a warrior. More than that, they need someone who believes in them as human beings with value. Failure is not an option. By reading this manual, you have chosen not to fail. By choosing not to fail, you are seeing yourself as a trial lawyer. This is a practical, hands-on trial practice manual that explains in step-by-step detail how to represent a person charged with a crime, from initial receipt of the case and client interview through post-trial. This book will make you a true warrior for your client. By following the methods set forth in this book, you may not always win, but you will never fail.