Case One. The attorneys each had fifteen minutes to make their oral argument. Neither side saved time to rebuttal. The plaintiff claimed the district courts abused its discretion and asked the …show more content…
This was the only case that had a public defender. Attorney, Josh Lee, was seeking declaratory judgement on the Armed Career Criminal Act. Mr. Lee discussed the difference between simple robbery and aggravated robbery. He was the only attorney to cite a persuasive but unpublished case. He argued that there were videos of the crime footage, but he did not try to obtain them. The judges agreed that the attorney wasted tax money and the Court's time because he did not attempt to access the videos. The state's attorney, Jerry Magnum, claimed he had two affidavits testifying that the video receipts were a mistake. He could not submit the affidavits into evidence because they were not submitted at the district court proceedings. He told the judge that he would be happy to have the case remanded so he could submit the new