Sleight of Hand – When a Touchy Case Disappears in Court

Season 5 · Episode 8 July 9, 2023 57 min Explicit
Jury and reasonable doubt
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Public Defender Ali Siddiqi takes center stage in this episode, pulling off one of his sharpest tricks yet: walking his client on a sexual battery charge the state swore they had nailed down.

Some people are just touchy-feely, some aren't — and Ali showed the jury exactly why his client didn't belong in the latter category. With skillful advocacy and a little courtroom magic, he made the prosecution's case vanish right before their eyes.

Because when the state tries to turn smoke into fire, sometimes all it takes is a little sleight of hand to reveal the truth.

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Jury and reasonable doubt

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  • Some people are just touchy-feely, some aren't — and Ali showed the jury exactly why his client didn't belong in the latter category.

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