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Teri Kanefield Apr 20, 2024

Hi, Fediverse Peeps,

I have my weekend blog post ready.

https://terikanefield.com/trumps-first-criminal-trial-theories-of-the-case/

Because my sanity requires a bit of a break from social media, my thoughts are all going into my weekend blog posts.

The comments are off, but please feel free to let me know here if I made an error. I don't hire a proofreader (duh, right?)

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Trump's First Criminal Trial: Theories of the Case - Teri Kanefield

This post will build on last week’s post, where I laid out the facts as we know them and offered explainers on the law. If you missed it, start here. The Theory of the Case Good advocates organize their cases around a theme or focal point called the theory of the case. Because there are […]

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Rufus J. Cooter Apr 20, 2024

@Teri_Kanefield Thx, Teri, great read as always!

A (slightly off-topic) ? for you: did you follow jury selection this past week, and if so, what did you make of it?

(I ask because I was struck by how much Team Trump focused on jurors feelings re: T, and how little on how receptive they might be to T's theory of the case...)

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Teri Kanefield Apr 20, 2024

@RufusJCooter I didn't follow closely enough to comment. Maybe they thought that the juror's feelings about Trump is what matters most. Given that people generally either love him or hate him, that could make sense right?

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Rufus J. Cooter Apr 20, 2024

@Teri_Kanefield Certainly!

On the other hand, I think that it's also possible for one to hate Trump, /and/ think that it's unseemly for the state to prosecute pols once they're out of power, or think that NY state law is so byzantine & convoluted that everyone has technically broken it at least once, so this is "selective prosecution, or (etc.)

I don't think those things, mind! But if I were Team Trump, I'd have used voir dire to float some alt theories, not just ask people how they feel re:T

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Teri Kanefield

@RufusJCooter

Yup. Makes sense. Again, I didn't follow it closely. I do know that most litigators just go on instinct. Jury selection is not scientific, despite lots of attempts to make it scientific.