Danny Savalos

Yeah, character is technically never supposed to be part of a case. In fact, it's forbidden. But the reality is this. Prosecutors are very good at finding ways of bringing character into the case. And so, for example, if part of their case is that forced fraud or coercion is shown through things like that, video of Combs beating Cassie Ventura in the hotel that we've all seen now.

Yeah, character is technically never supposed to be part of a case. In fact, it's forbidden. But the reality is this. Prosecutors are very good at finding ways of bringing character into the case. And so, for example, if part of their case is that forced fraud or coercion is shown through things like that, video of Combs beating Cassie Ventura in the hotel that we've all seen now.

Yeah, character is technically never supposed to be part of a case. In fact, it's forbidden. But the reality is this. Prosecutors are very good at finding ways of bringing character into the case. And so, for example, if part of their case is that forced fraud or coercion is shown through things like that, video of Combs beating Cassie Ventura in the hotel that we've all seen now.

That's the kind of thing the government knows is really effective at not only proving their case, but making Combs look like a horrible person. And even the defense acknowledged in their opening, you may think my client's a jerk. That doesn't mean he committed these federal crimes.

That's the kind of thing the government knows is really effective at not only proving their case, but making Combs look like a horrible person. And even the defense acknowledged in their opening, you may think my client's a jerk. That doesn't mean he committed these federal crimes.

That's the kind of thing the government knows is really effective at not only proving their case, but making Combs look like a horrible person. And even the defense acknowledged in their opening, you may think my client's a jerk. That doesn't mean he committed these federal crimes.

It might look to the jury that it's not the government that has the infinite resources, but the defense. So that might be a minor issue. You don't necessarily want to look like you're as well-heeled as Combs is. And look, it's always a good thing to have more minds, more criminal defense minds on the case than less. The one thing I'll say is this. Criminal defense attorneys... often have egos.

It might look to the jury that it's not the government that has the infinite resources, but the defense. So that might be a minor issue. You don't necessarily want to look like you're as well-heeled as Combs is. And look, it's always a good thing to have more minds, more criminal defense minds on the case than less. The one thing I'll say is this. Criminal defense attorneys... often have egos.

It might look to the jury that it's not the government that has the infinite resources, but the defense. So that might be a minor issue. You don't necessarily want to look like you're as well-heeled as Combs is. And look, it's always a good thing to have more minds, more criminal defense minds on the case than less. The one thing I'll say is this. Criminal defense attorneys... often have egos.

They often have an idea about how a case should go. So the more attorneys you add, you might have a lot of disagreement behind closed doors in their strategy sessions. That can be a challenge. But a benefit is obviously that you can divide up tasks like cross-examining particular witnesses and give each attorney a set of witnesses to handle that's suited to their expertise.

They often have an idea about how a case should go. So the more attorneys you add, you might have a lot of disagreement behind closed doors in their strategy sessions. That can be a challenge. But a benefit is obviously that you can divide up tasks like cross-examining particular witnesses and give each attorney a set of witnesses to handle that's suited to their expertise.

They often have an idea about how a case should go. So the more attorneys you add, you might have a lot of disagreement behind closed doors in their strategy sessions. That can be a challenge. But a benefit is obviously that you can divide up tasks like cross-examining particular witnesses and give each attorney a set of witnesses to handle that's suited to their expertise.

So that is certainly a benefit.

So that is certainly a benefit.

So that is certainly a benefit.

You're absolutely right about the optics. If there are more attorneys on the defense side than the government side, then it looks like who's really the underdog here. Because make no mistake about it, the defense is always the underdog in a federal criminal case where the conviction rate is well above 90%. But I have to say that in a federal criminal case, and I've handled quite a few of these,

You're absolutely right about the optics. If there are more attorneys on the defense side than the government side, then it looks like who's really the underdog here. Because make no mistake about it, the defense is always the underdog in a federal criminal case where the conviction rate is well above 90%. But I have to say that in a federal criminal case, and I've handled quite a few of these,

You're absolutely right about the optics. If there are more attorneys on the defense side than the government side, then it looks like who's really the underdog here. Because make no mistake about it, the defense is always the underdog in a federal criminal case where the conviction rate is well above 90%. But I have to say that in a federal criminal case, and I've handled quite a few of these,

And the modern criminal case involves so much digital evidence that it just feels like you're awash in evidence and exhibits. So in my mind, even if there might be some issues with optics, with having a large defense team, it's such a luxury to be able to hand out different tasks and split everything up among a lot of these brilliant legal minds.

And the modern criminal case involves so much digital evidence that it just feels like you're awash in evidence and exhibits. So in my mind, even if there might be some issues with optics, with having a large defense team, it's such a luxury to be able to hand out different tasks and split everything up among a lot of these brilliant legal minds.