Comments on: My Opinion of the Indiana Supreme Court’s Opinion of Tyrus Coleman

By: “Racism is alive and well in America. . . .” | People v. State

“Racism is alive and well in America. . . .” | People v. State — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:22:36 +0000

[…] compare what Indiana’s criminal “justice” system did to Tyrus […]

By: Am I a Wuss Lawyer? | People v. State

Am I a Wuss Lawyer? | People v. State — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:23:51 +0000

[…] noted before that, given particularly awful precedent in my state, things I’ve written here could conceivably get me disbarred. But my willingness to write those things in spite of that […]

By: Sound familiar? | People v. State

Sound familiar? | People v. State — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:07:29 +0000

[…] very blog is “an attack on the very legitimacy of [the] government.” When I first read this opinion issued by the Indiana Supreme Court, my immediate response was to write: “Words, including […]

By: Intellectual Integrity | People v. State

Intellectual Integrity | People v. State — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:24:11 +0000

[…] I’ve invited readers on several occasions to compare for themselves the “intellectual integrity” of the 2-1 Indiana Court of Appeals decision that would have freed Tyrus Coleman on Double Jeopardy grounds with the “intellectual integrity” of the 5-0 Indiana Supreme Court decision reversing the Court of Appeals and reinstating Mr. Coleman’s conviction and 45 year sentence. Let’s do that together now, shall we? It won’t take long. (For the factual background of the case and boilerplate summaries of the law of collateral estoppel / issue preclusion / Double Jeopardy, you’ll need to read the decisions themselves.) […]

By: Mother, should I trust the government? | People v. State

Mother, should I trust the government? | People v. State — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:18:28 +0000

[…] to do to him should you convict him, you should accordingly interpret this burden to be sky-high.) A state supreme court has reversed a court of appeals decision that would have set a man free, and has thereby reinstated his […]

By: You say that like it’s a bad thing. | People v. State

You say that like it’s a bad thing. | People v. State — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:01:39 +0000

[…] compare the intellectual integrity of its less than 2 pages of “analysis” in the case of Tyrus Coleman with the intellectual integrity of the analysis in the court of appeals’ decision it […]

By: Honor Where Honor Is Due | People v. State

Honor Where Honor Is Due | People v. State — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:30:20 +0000

[…] the craziest thing I do on this blog, and the thing most likely to get me disbarred, is openly criticize judges. A couple friends and family members have wondered at some of the […]

By: Double Standard | People v. State

Double Standard | People v. State — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:36:58 +0000

[…] all of the Justices on the Indiana Supreme Court think they would. They apparently think they’d dial 911 during the 3 or so seconds it took the serious violent […]

By: Our current neglect of Law | People v. State

Our current neglect of Law | People v. State — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:21:13 +0000

[…] Doing so is not without risk in these United States, and I for one have to be concerned that just by expressing these truths publicly I place my license to practice law in jeopardy. (Fortunately, while I’ll defend on principle […]

By: Gratuitous Violence | People v. State

Gratuitous Violence | People v. State — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:27:03 +0000

[…] recently changed my mind about these cases is the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision in Tyrus Coleman v. State (2011), and the utter failure of these cases to do Mr. Coleman (whom I represented at trial) any […]