How do you select a jury? There are as many theories as there are lawyers. But attorneys know what they…
The controversy surrounding Jim Robinson would not die. Phil Weidner wouldn’t let it. Instead, he called him in as a so-called…
As the Peel case wandered into defense territory, Phil Weidner scored a hit. And a miss. It was all about…
John Peel’s defense predictably countered that testimony pointing to a stocky, dark-complexioned Native man raised questions about a core prosecution…
Allegations of witness manipulation aside, there was one witness the State presumably hadn’t manipulated. He was the first witness for…
Phil Weidner was definitive when it came to judging the state of the prosecution’s case at this psychic and procedural…
There are truly strange moments during most trials. Sometimes, they end up on the floor, forgotten as the trial plows…
Richard Olmstead had testified before two Grand Juries that John Peel resembled a man buying regular gas on the day…
Winter 1992 was a pretty heady time. Butcher, Baker had just been published. It was selling like wildfire right out…
Jim Robinson was no innocent. He had a very troubled past. The son of well-to-do trucking company owners, Robinson –…