| There will be an oral argument before the Court of Criminal Appeals: Date and time: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at 10:30-11:30am. Place: State Judicial Building Five Judges: Court of Criminal Appeals Four Attorneys: Powell/Kyle and Poe/Maze. Ultimate Question: Does dwm go free, or does he go back to trial? Significance: Who knows? There will be great interest in what the Judges ask--what they are seeing as key points. It's not likely to be high drama, but it might give some hints of how the Court will eventually rule. |
| Summary of events: Judge Thompson Frees Daniel Wade Moore (click here for the ruling). It is appealed. The State files a brief (click here for the brief). The defense files a response, and the State responds to that. Then, in August there will be oral arguments. The disposition from that point is utterly at the discretion of the Appeals Court. |
| My perception of these events: it's lawyering about lawyering about lawyering. The sad fact is that this process will decide whether dwm should be tried for torturing Karen to death, or whether he will walk free on legal technicalities. I find it ironic that a question of such importance will be made by lawyers, in the absence of the real people involved. Instead, everyone is represented by lawyers. As a result, a stark, simple reality is transformed into a complex mess of lawyering. It bears no discernible relation to the real world. In the real world, it's all about the DNA. |