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SCOTT ADAMS,

(Oklahoma City) won an acquittal on Thursday, May 12, 2005, in a first degree murder/shaken baby case.  Client did not testify and the defense centered around the time the 8-month-child sustained the injuries.  Scott's client was apparently jailed since the incident happened in August, 2002, until his acquittal when he went home.

01.06 (OKC) secured a dismissal of the case against the "Video Vigilante" (the guy that tapes the prostitutes in OKC and also recorded one of the police beatings that made national news a while back).  The Oklahoman ran a good article on the case Saturday, January 21, 2006, but was unclear on the reason.  I believe (although I have not verified this with Scott) that Scott filed some sort of motion to quash, the State did not respond, and Judge Elliott deemed the motion confessed under Rule 4 of the Rules for the District Courts(!)  Seem like the Rule worked in Scott's favor in Oklahoma County and to the client's detriment in Washington County in the article above.  The State announced that it will appeal, so we might actually get some appellate guidance on this issue in the near future.  But in the mean time, terrific result by Scott!

 
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