Posted by Orin Kerr: Important Lesson for Appellate Advocates: http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2006_01_08-2006_01_14.shtml#1136831436
When representing a capital defendant on appeal, don't refuse to discuss parts of the brief you didn't write; do have some familiarity with the record; and, what ever you do, don't describe the evidence against your client as "overkill -- excuse the pun." [1]Appellate Law & Practice has the scooop on the Sixth Circuit's opinion today in [2]Franklin v. Anderson. References 1. http://appellate.typepad.com/appellate/2006/01/ca6_i_didnt_wri.html 2. http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/06a0005p-06.pdf _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
