The only person defending Larry Demmert, Jr. was Mary Anne Henry. Characterically, she saved her strongest words for the tactics…
Although Larry Demmert got some respite from having Sgt. Glass in the courtroom, it didn’t prevent him from being careless.…
The drug questions weren’t the only issues at stake. So, too, were Weidner’s seemingly endless questions about Demmert’s immunity and,…
Phillip Weidner wanted the jury to know that the prosecution had failed to notice something crucial about the killer, in what…
When it came Phillip Weidner’s turn to give an opening statement to the jury, he wasted little time savaging the…
As the trial began, Judge Schulz’s courtroom was packed. He’d switched to the larger Superior Court in hopes of accommodating…
As the jury selection process moved into its fourth week, the judge took over the questioning of prospective jurors. He…
After three weeks, the Peel jury of seventeen citizens — down from eighteen because the jury box would only seat…
Phillip Weidner wanted a jury of peers that fit snuggly within the boundaries of blue-collar, working-class folks. He made it…
After two weeks of tedious one-by-one questioning, the judge dismissed a total of three people on the grounds of financial…