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haha. UNH students on each side of this. Yes, the two people speaking are students: http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/Victim-testifies-in-purse-snatching-trial/-/9857858/19416852/-/q82rbb/-/index.html
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Whoa. I've picked up others' discarded receipts as litter-cleanup, many times—often putting them in a trashbag in my or a friend's car.
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Never thought that my leaving a piece of litter in a friend's car might implicate their relatives in crimes against the litterbug.
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well, now you know! Still up to the jury to decide if that's enough. I suspect it is.
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if this guy was a regular litter-cleaner, then that would have came out. Maybe it did in court. I wasn't there. Also, I don't know if the fake name stuff was in court or just the media.
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generally speaking you don't want the court to know that the defendant has previously been in jail and the prosecutor can't bring that up unless the defense does first. (well, under the federal rules anyway, but seems like a basic due process issue)
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Would my litter-picking tendencies be discovered in the trial of someone whose kid's car I'd been in at some point?
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assuming the defense/defendant can figure out contact you, I would think that not contacting you would be grounds for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, which is a US Constitutional due process issue.
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ineffective assistance of counsel only works in criminal cases. It's "malpractice" if civil.
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well, depending on how egregious the error was, could also be grounds for professional discipline, like disbarment.
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despite not being involved in this case, I can say with some certainty that every stone was uncovered in this case. The students actually are probably better prepared than most lawyers out there. They really dot their i's and cross their t's
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to be clear, that is not to say that they will necessarily be good lawyers. While they are in school though, they aren't allowed to cut corners. Judges wouldn't let them talk if they weren't 100% confident.
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