[blindlaw] Is blindness ever consitter an issue in court

[pattichang at att.net]

I practice in Chicago. I do not practice criminal law but find most opposing counsel and almost all judges to accommodate as needed.


Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI President
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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On Jul 10, 2013, at 7:20 PM, "Dittman, Robert" <rdittman at stmarytx.edu> wrote:

> I agree with your point that the state most likely doesn't have to do anything to accommodate the defense attorney. However, my point was that in many cases if the attorney is collegial the district attorney or assistant district attorney will accommodate the defense attorney. Or, at least this is been my experience practicing in San Antonio Texas. I guess I have been lucky. V
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> Robert D. Dittman, ESQ.
> Attorney and Counselor at Law
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> On Jul 10, 2013, at 18:38, "Parnell Diggs" <parnell at sccoast.net> wrote:
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>> Hello legal professionals,
>> The state probably doesn't have to do anything to accommodate the blind defense attorney. The defense attorney needs to ask a  cited person to describe the photos to him and determine whether the person depicted therein is indeed the defendant.
>> 
>> At trial, I would suggest that the defense attorney asked the state to present the photos to the defense counsel table just as they would if the defense attorney were sighted. On many occasions, I have made decisions about whether to object to photos I could not see, and the court often has overruled my objections, just as it would with a sighted attorney. In the meantime, the defense attorney may want to come up with an explanation as to why the defendant is depicted in the photographs.
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>> Parnell Diggs, Esq.
>> President
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> of South Carolina
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>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 7:12 PM, pattichang at att.net wrote:
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>>> I am blind and have served in Illinois on a jury. There was pictorial evidence. There were also diagrams of the location. The judge asked and I think this is appropriate for most situations that both attorneys verbally describe what they were pointing at and reference verbally anything that related to the evidence. I would also note that most states require a witness to describe what is in the pictures in order to lay a proper foundation.
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>>> Patti S. Gregory-Chang
>>> NFBI President
>>> NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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>>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 6:05 PM, "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> John Smith is a blind defence aturney. He is defending Mike shafer on murder 1 charges. The state has photos of the defendant at the crime seen. What should the state do taking into consitteration the defence lawyer is blind and is unable to see the pictures? RJ
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