Schedule and Materials for Annual Death Penalty Seminar

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Cherry Valley Lodge, Newark, OH 
Wednesday 7 p.m., Thursday & Friday,  November 17, 18, 19, 2004
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Wednesday, November 17, 2004
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Basic Capital Litigation
     Professor Marge Koosed and Rick Ketcham

Thursday, November 18, 2004
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
     Paul Skendelas,OACDL, President, OACDL
     Rick Ketcham, Seminar Chair
8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Case Law Update
     Professor Marge Koosed, Akron
     David Stebbins, Columbus
   
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.  Preparing the Case – A Primer on Investigative Techniques
      William Kluge, Lima
   
10:45 – 11:00 p.m.  Break   
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Motions and Jury Instructions: Preparing the Record for Appeal
    Greg Meyers, Ohio Public Defender’s Office
    
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch   (Provided)
   
1:90 – 3:00 p.m.  Voir Dire in the Capital Case (with live demonstration) Preserving Challenges for Appeal  
    Gerald Simmons, Columbus
   
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break
   
3:15 – 4:45 p.m. Trial Techniques and Tips: What to Look for on Appeals
    Jeffrey Gamso, Toledo
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Friday, November 19, 2004

 
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Sign-in
    
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Evaluating Forensic DNA Evidence, Essential Elements of a Competent Defense Review
      Dan E. Krane, Ph.D., Wright State University
 
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. The Impact of Wiggins
      Donald Schumacher, Columbus
10:30 – 10:45 p.m.  Break
    
10:45 – 12:00 p.m.  Useful Tools of the Trade from the Notice of Appearance Entry to the “Thank you, your Honor” Exit
      Millard Farmer, Atlanta
 
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
   
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Borderline Personality Disorder, Implications in the Criminal Arena
      Robert Smith, Ph.D., Cleveland
    
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Mitigation
       James Crates, Granville
 
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
 
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Developments in Habeas, Post Conviction and Appeals
    Michael Benza, Cleveland
   
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Passing the File
     Adele Shank, Columbus