August 2008 - Posts

Nurse on Trial: Conclusion
August 27, 2008 11:43 AM by Tony DeWitt

"Mark," I told Mr. Neely, "the question is really where you want to hold the party - your house or mine?" With those words I told Mark Neely that the Commissioner of the Administrative Hearing Commission had found no cause for discipline and given him Read More...

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Series: Nurse on Trial Part 7
August 20, 2008 12:40 PM by Tony DeWitt

Lawyers prepare for cross examination because the heart of any witnesses testimony is what they say, and how they perform, during cross examination. In this case, the State Board's witness, who wanted to be fair and tell the truth as he knew, destroyed Read More...

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Series: Nurse on Trial Part 6
August 8, 2008 1:51 PM by Tony DeWitt

The first substantive witness was the nurse manager that the State Board had subpoenaed to testify about Mr. Neely. One of the standard tricks of a prosecutor is to try to make something that is deeply personal (like firing someone, or getting someone Read More...

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