TIMELINE AND A REQUEST FOR HELP ON AN OLD CASE

Unofficially, we believe that sometime around the first week of June many of  your favourite Judges will be streaming (with masks) into our beloved REGJB to conduct their own Zoom calendars. So in June courts will be operating with more judges conducting remote access hearings. No contestants in your favourite criminal justice game show will be in the studio audience until the all-clear whistle is sounded sometime after the July 4th holiday. This is an unofficial update and this post has not been approved by the motion picture association for all audiences. It represents our best guess as to what is happening and has not been approved with the express written consent by the National Football league and Monday Night Football or any one else (e.g., any of your favorite chief or administrative judges) as an official policy as what will be occurring.  Do not go to court June 1 wearing your bow tie and bowler looking for a judge to receive you. You will be denied entrance. 

As another example of unofficial guesstimate, the Feds are looking to resume jury trials in January 2021. 

Many years ago, REGJB Circuit Court Judge Martin Kahn used to hold cooking contests for his courthouse staff. Best lasagna and the like. It was during a time when people were nicer to each other and enjoyed each other's company and cell phones were the sizes of bricks. Now, we are wondering which judge will hold the "best mask" contest?  Our entry will be a mask that says on the front "The Right To Remain Silent". 

In all seriousness, will this virus stop cops from putting clients in those tiny interview rooms and leaving them there for five hours before returning to get a confession (after plying them with Big Macs and fries)? Maybe our clients will wise up and refuse to speak: "I ain't going into that small room with you copper" they will say.  Or instead of a Big Mac, fries and a coke, maybe the new way to get clients to speak will be with a new N-95 mask and plenty of hand wash.  
We have little worry about ever confessing: 
Cop: Can I get you something to eat before we begin?
Rumpole: Certainly. Our friend Daniel Humm runs Eleven Madison Park. If you tell him it's for Rumpole he will put together the cheese fondue in the butternut squash and some foie gras. Also I could go for the smoked eel with the fried Brussel sprouts.  And if your guys are hungry I highly recommend the celery root in pig's bladder. It's like nothing you've ever had. And you cannot go wrong with the braised pork collar. 


MAX KOGEN 

Max Kogen was an REGJB lawyer/legend before most of our robed readers were in diapers. We received this email asking for help:

I Am a researcher studying the trial of Mary Ivonne Axelson Cropper, 1975 for the 2nd degree murder charge, accused of murdering her mother, Mary McDougal Axelson.

 

Mr. Kogen successfully defended Ms. Cropper.

 

Tried in vain to obtain a transcript of the trial, or at least a synopsis of some sort detailing testimony.

 

Do you know anything of this trial or can you point me to resources?

 

Aloha,

Larry Bartley

Kailua, Hawai'i 96734

We have received permission from Mr. Bartley to post his email so that anyone who can help him can contact him directly:   larryknb@hawaii.rr.com

Keeper of the REGJB flame though we may be, this trial escapes our memory. We would love to have someone educate all of us about this. 

MAX KOGEN HAS PASSED AWAY

A true REGJB legend. They don't make them like Max Kogen anymore. A great prosecutor. A great defense attorney. Here is more from the Herald Obit:

Professionally, Max rose quickly and prominently as an Assistant State Attorney under George Brautigam and Richard Gerstein to become Chief of the Capital Crimes Division. He then began a notable career as a criminal defense attorney, recognized by his peers as a respected and worthy jurist. Subsequently, he and Gerald Kogan became law partners in Kogen and Kogan, P.A. until Mr. Kogan (no relation) joined the judiciary. In 1983 Max accepted his daughter, Lauren, as his partner in Kogen and Kogen, P.A. Later the firm included his youngest daughter, Cary, as well. Upon retirement in 1991, Max threw himself into his only other passion, greyhound dog racing. For many years he bred and raced greyhounds as Kogen's Kennels. His idea of a social night out was dinner at the track.

Max Kogen....George Brautigam...names you just don't hear much anymore.