Yes, I do occasionally have them! Nothing too catastrophic happened, and nothing spectacular happened. Just your standard going to court, listening to clients, and pestering prosecutors and probation officers.
In court, I got one of my clients sentenced. Normally not great since he got sent to prison, but since he'd been waiting to be sentenced since mid-July and had mandatory time coming to him, it was quite a relief. I got another guy out of jail, and did lots of re-setting of things. None of my clients was rude to either me or the judge, which is always a plus. I had a suppression hearing, which I lost, but it wasn't that unexpected. The hardest part was actually getting the judge to give the basis of his ruling, since he rambled a bit and got himself side-tracked. I have a fair chance to win on appeal, and the guy's out of jail. And he actually showed up to the hearing, which is always a question-mark in my line of work. Both the judges I saw today were in a fairly good mood.
At the office I actually made it through my phone-calls without any of my clients cussing me out. I also was able to remain patient with all of them, while explaining for the fourteenth time what was happening in their cases. And no one cried at me or yelled at me. I was also able to get through almost my entire stack of paperwork and get them into their appropriate files. (It's been a while since I've seen my desk.)
This was my day. While it may not seem normal to some of you, it is quite uneventful for me. Excitement and trials are fun, but it's nice to get back into some sort of rhythm. I don't expect this to last too long. Especially since I have 2 trials set for Thursday. I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
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How did the trials go today?
They didn't exactly happen. See the next post.
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