TSJ Thread

[OrangeLife]

Lawyer fight!

 

[oldman]

Until they need a lawyer.

 

[Illini09]

Here's a question for the lawyers out there- let's say the defense wants Morris to testify. Can he refuse on the basis of self-incrimination?

And as a follow-up, could Shannon's defense have Morris' alleged victim testify despite the case being dismissed?

IANAL and reading this 4 days later so maybe there's an IAAL response to this already that I haven't gotten to yet... but I would think it would be very beneficial for the defense to subpoena Morris as a witness and just let the jury watch him repeatedly say "I exercise my 5th amendment right to not answer this question". IMO that would make for a dramatic implosion of the state's circus prosecution.