If Angela Corey threatened suit .... she needs to step down from Zimmerman case

Legal Insurrection ^ | June 7, 2012 at 10:29am | William A. Jacobson

[JLS]

If this is true, then Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey needs to step off the case.

Alan Dershowitz has been a harsh critic of Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey. Among his criticisms is that Corey has been too politicized in charging Second Degree Murder.

[Uncle Chip]

Florida has adopted American Bar Association Standards of Criminal Justice Relating to Prosecution Function. ABA Standard 3-1.3 Conflicts of Interest provides in pertinent part:

(f) A prosecutor should not permit his or her professional judgment or obligations to be affected by his or her own political, financial, business, property, or personal interests.

I hope Harvard recorded her rant. Then again she might just claim that she was ranting in code.

[henkster]

The ABA Standards are written like the “Pirates Code” from “Pirates of the Carribean;” they should be thought of more as guidelines rather than rules. It says they “shouldn’t allow their professional judgment to be affected” but it is ambiguous. It allows a prosecutor to say “sure I signed a book deal for a million bucks, but that didn’t get in the way of doing my job.” Yeah, right.

I was bored and looked up the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct. Their Rule for Special Duties of Prosecutors states:

Rule 4-3.8. Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor

The prosecutor in a criminal case shall:

(a) refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause;

(b) not seek to obtain from an unrepresented accused a waiver of important pre-trial rights such as a right to a preliminary hearing;

(c) make timely disclosure to the defense of all evidence or information known to the prosecutor that tends to negate the guilt of the accused or mitigates the offense, and, in connection with sentencing, disclose to the defense and to the tribunal all unprivileged mitigating information known to the prosecutor, except when the prosecutor is relieved of this responsibility by a protective order of the tribunal.

I practice in Indiana, and while Florida’s rule is similar, it is not as specific as Indiana’s. Our Rule 3.8 states:

Rule 3.8. Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor.

The prosecutor in a criminal case shall:

(a) refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause;

(b) make reasonable efforts to assure that the accused has been advised of the right to, and the procedure for obtaining, counsel and has been given reasonable opportunity to obtain counsel;

(c) not seek to obtain from an unrepresented accused a waiver of important pretrial rights, such as the right to a preliminary hearing;

(d) make timely disclosure to the defense of all evidence or information known to the prosecutor that tends to negate the guilt of the accused or mitigates the offense, and, in connection with sentencing, disclose to the defense and to the tribunal all unprivileged mitigating information known to the prosecutor, except when the prosecutor is relieved of this responsibility by a protective order of the tribunal;

(e) not subpoena a lawyer in a grand jury or other criminal proceeding to present evidence about a past or present client unless the prosecutor reasonably believes:

(1) the information sought is not protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege;

(2) the evidence sought is essential to the successful completion of an ongoing investigation or prosecution; and

(3) there is no other feasible alternative to obtain the information;

(f) except for statements that are necessary to inform the public of the nature and extent of the prosecutor’s action and that serve a legitimate law enforcement purpose, refrain from making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused and exercise reasonable care to prevent investigators, law enforcement personnel, employees or other persons assisting or associated with the prosecutor in a criminal case from making an extrajudicial statement that the prosecutor would be prohibited from making under Rule 3.6 or this Rule.

In an Indiana case decided last year (didn’t have time to look it up), the Supreme Court held that a prosecutor’s financial deal regarding a pending case is exculpatory evidence under subsection (d) of this rule, and the prosecutor is required to disclose. If I recall the opinion correctly, it also held that these financial arrangements acted to disqualify the prosecutor. In the case, the defense suspected the prosecutor signed a book deal, and specifically requested it be disclosed. The prosecutor refused.

[DeaconRed]

"She is a defense attorney’s wet dream!"

Looking at her Photo anything except WET-DREAM comes to mind.
Puke, Do Do, Pee Pee, many others but definitely not Wet Dream. . . . . . .

[Carriage Hill]

Beat me to it; good reply!

[Uncle Chip]

A crazy prosecutor who doesn’t know basic law AND provides reversible error on appeal? She is a defense attorney’s wet dream!

Yep. That charging document is hers. She needs to choke on it. Letting her resign would be doing her a favor. She should be compelled to drop all charges immediately and eat that thing with crow.

[Cyman]

“Dershowitz woke up one morning, looked in the mirror - and decided he had had it up to here with evil...”

HAHaaaaaaHa. You made my morning!I can’t stop laughing.

[Uncle Chip]

Here we go, as expected:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-trayvon-martin-stand-your-ground-petition-20120607,0,5198575.story?track=rss

[JLS]

“Well, we’ll never see this in the media. Dersh can kiss his tv-appearance fees goodbye!”

I am sure you are wrong about the latter. He will not lose anything. He is well insulated.

As far as the media goes this could be a close call for them. It is a fluid situation. If the Zimmerman case has worked to stir up the base, then the MSMediots would continue to push this. Since it has not, the MSMediots could turn on her Corey at any time. Particularly if she persists in attacking leftwing institutions like Harvard.

[Uncle Chip]

Also at the link is this June 7 Orlando Sentinel Photogallery of Trayvon Martin over the years and it includes some that others have disputed as valid, including the Trayvon with gold teeth:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-trayvon-martin-pictures-20120328,0,3247003.photogallery

[GOPJ]

I'll go you one better - Angela Corey made her first appearance in this case beside the Republican sheriff of Jacksonville -- in a State with a Republican Governor... She might be Republican...

[Uncle Chip]

Is Angela Corey trying to Marissa Alexander George Zimmerman. Note the similarity of the cases.

http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/2012/04/lincoln-b.html

[publius911]

The ol’ girl’s goin’ all Nifong, ain’t she? She best watch huhse’f. Didn’t go well for ol’ Nifong.

First of all Angela's position is an elective office, that tells you what her approach to "justice" will be. Clearly her "attitude" is not about "justice" but power and glory. Read the transcript of her famous Press conference of April 11, 2012, Full of irrelevancies, pompous language, mystifying acronyms, and her attitude is that Mr. Zimmerman is already guilty and a killer. Typical drunk-on-power bureaucrat.

Read it yourself.

Justice for Trayvon

NOT justice for Trayvon AND Zimmerman!

[publius911]

Well, we’ll never see this in the media. Dersh can kiss his tv-appearance fees goodbye!

Really?

I see the opposite, he's going to be in greater demand.
He's right. Like most extreme leftists, the "Difong" lady overreached --- big time.

[publius911]

Zimmerman has now become a political pawn. His guilt or innocence is no longer the question. He will now be sacrificed to appease Holder's people's blood lust.

Not possible.
UNLESS...

Zimmerman pleads and the judge is one of Holder's people.
Or.
It's a totally Amish jury. extreeeeeeeemely unlikely.

[piytar]

If this was a one of occurrence, maybe, but some freeper posted that she has a history of attacking critics.

My guess is more egomania, but she probably just let her ego pick a fight she won’t win...

[piytar]

If this was a one off occurrence, maybe, but some freeper posted that she has a history of attacking critics.

My guess is more egomania, but she probably just let her ego pick a fight she won’t win...

[Beach_Babe]

Also at the link is this June 7 Orlando Sentinel Photogallery of Trayvon Martin over the years and it includes some that others have disputed as valid, including the Trayvon with gold teeth:

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Once again, I might be wrong, but it sure looks like they have different hairlines to me.

It's hard to find a picture of the "Trayvon" in the white shirt that does show the hairline. Most have the forehead cropped off, including the one in the Orlando Sentinel Photogallery. Why is that?

Here's a link you might find interesting: WITNESSES

[ladyjane]

I think you are being unfair to Dershowitz. As much as I may disagree with his liberal views I’ve been impressed by many of his positions and his willingness to speak out and support unpopular causes.

[HiTech RedNeck]

‘Tis true, that the liberal Dershowitz and the Harvard he hails from even yet has more gravitas than she. And she’s GOP? Who let that mutant into the Big Tent?

[Uncle Chip]

The Trayvon in the upper picture does look different from the the lower one. And yet the Orlando Sentinel included it in their most recent photogallery. Surely by now three months in their crack team of professional journalists have completed their investigation into the golden teeth picture and concluded that it is indeed the Trayvon. Otherwise why include it in their most recent photogallery???

The pictures of him with the baseball cap on do look like Trayvon, though the ME has the scar and tattoo listed as being on the other arm/shoulder.