by HyrumLaturner | Jul 24, 2026 | Bond & Pretrial, Uncategorized
Most people picture closing argument as a simple back-and-forth: the State argues, the defense argues, and that’s it. In Indiana, it’s actually more structured than that — and understanding the structure is what lets a defense attorney occasionally claw...
by HyrumLaturner | Jul 21, 2026 | Bond & Pretrial, Uncategorized
Most people think of Rule 404 as the rule that keeps a defendant’s past out of trial. That’s true — but Rule 404 also does something else that matters just as much to a defense: it opens the door to attacking the credibility of the State’s own...
by Hyrum LaTurner | Jul 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
For most of American history, whether a criminal defendant got a lawyer often came down to money. That changed gradually, case by case, over the twentieth century — and understanding that history helps explain why public defenders exist, and why the work matters....
