Building the Persuasive Case Begins With Getting the Facts

Building the Persuasive Case Begins With Getting the Facts

How can a criminal defense client get involved in building the persuasive case? That’s the defense lawyer’s job, right? Remarkably, clients actively involved in their own case development are most often the happiest clients. Earlier this month, and in the first post in this series on building the persuasive case, we focused on attorney credibility in the courtroom. The next area to explore is fact gathering. Next time we’ll look at developing legal theories and brainstorming for ideas.

Factual material should be gathered from every possible source within the economic limits …