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Kayla Murphy

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593 total appearances

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Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

Like there are issues if you can just, that's what I spend the most of, I would say I spend the most of my time thinking about like preparing for trial is like, you know, what other narratives are here?

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

And I think that there's always like a story under the story that you can find if you- Dig deep enough.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

So I would say like my bread and butter is,

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

DUIs.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

DUIs.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

I love DUIs.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

They're so complicated.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

Like there's so many mistakes that cops can make during their investigation.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

Like did they administer the field sobriety test properly?

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

You know, were there any issues with the breath machine?

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

I've just like, so even if on its face, a DUI looks pretty like- Cut and dry.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

Exactly.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

Like I love them because you can always just like,

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

dig into it deep enough to where you can always find like some issue or some mistake.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

And I think I told you earlier, like most cases end in a plea deal.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

So usually you're just trying to like find any kind of legal or factual issue that you can to throw at the prosecutor to try to like, you know, get your client the best resolution.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

Honestly, our criminal legal system is disturbingly like a game of poker.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

And I would say that

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

The prosecution usually wants like some pound of flesh, so to speak.

Barely Famous
The Human Side Of Criminal Defense With Kayla Murphy

So let's say you have a really stupid case and your client's like, you know, I didn't do this.