Kayla Murphy

I kind of think that with those more serious cases, it's probably like, well, what do we have to lose at this point?

You know what I mean?

Why not just roll the dice?

Because maybe the prosecutor makes a mistake in trial and they don't present or they don't establish all of the elements of the crime.

I think that there are just really...

kind of easy mistakes that you could make in a trial that could really help.

Like, let's say the prosecutor has finished presenting their case, but they never actually presented any evidence that it happened on such and such date or in such and such place.

You could try to ask for a motion to dismiss the case because the prosecutor didn't actually, you know what I mean, meet all of the elements of the crime.

I don't know.

Trials can really...

They can surprise you.

You can go in thinking it's a really bad case, but it's like, oh my gosh, well, actually the prosecutor's not doing super well today.

And you know what I mean?

My witness did a really good job.

So yeah, definitely when there are really serious charges, I think it makes sense.

Like if you can't get a deal that is fair to just shoot your shot.

So have you ever recommended a client take it all the way to trial?

So yeah, with recommendations, I think I mentioned to you earlier, it's kind of weird being an attorney because you just know that like the way you're explaining things to your client will kind of like push them one way or another.

I really try to empower people to...

just with all of the education that I can so that they can make the best decision for themselves and like feel confident in that decision.