Law360 has Zoom Recordings Could Change Trial Appeals, Atty Says:
A criminal defense lawyer who participated in a criminal jury Zoom trial last year said Tuesday that the videoconferencing technology could make a difference in appeals if higher courts decide to start consulting video as a record. Carl Guthrie of the Texas Poverty Law Project, who last year played a part in what is believed to be the first binding virtual criminal jury trial, delivered a talk hosted by the National Institute on Trial Advocacy on what's been learned from months of online trials during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guthrie said it's not far-fetched to predict that down the road, appeals courts may find themselves reviewing tape.
The Recorder has Hanson Bridgett's Adam Hoffmann and Josephine Petrick in Manufacturing Appellate Jurisdiction: A Dangerous Gambit -- What to do with a catastrophic trial-court ruling that materially impacts a client’s case without resulting in an appealable judgment is one of the perennially vexing problems in litigation.
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