Schedule and Materials for 2006 Ohio Capital Defense Seminar

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Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre, Cleveland, OH 

Thursday & Friday,  March 23, 24, 2006
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Thursday, March 23, 2006

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Introduction, Welcome and Overview of Seminar
     Robert Tobik - Cuyahoga County Public Defender
     R. Daniel Hannon - President OACDL, Batavia, OH
8:45 – 10:00 a.m. Hot Issues Ohio DP Ohio S Ct  Merge  Manual  Koosed  
     Michael Benza - Cleveland, OH
     Kathleen McGarry - Glorieta, NM
   
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. 

Trends and Issues in Scientific Evidence: The Nuts and Bolts of Qualifying and Challenging Experts under Daubert and Kumbho Tire    Judicature

      Paul Gianelli  -

Weatherhead Professor of Law at the Case Western Reserve University College of Law

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.  Break   
11:15 – 12:15 p.m. Not What it Appears to Be: Undetectable Manipulation of Digital Images 
    Jay Clark - Cincinnati, OH
    
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch   (on your own)
   
1:15 – 2:45 p.m.  Voir Dire: Techniques and Demonstration  
    Robert Tobik - Cleveland, OH
       David Daughten - Cleveland, OH
   
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
   
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

More Than it Appears: Getting Beneath the Surface in Penalty Phase Investigations: A Case Study Outline Conway  Key areas  Medical Release  Record Request  Checklist

    Dorian Hall - Ohio PD Office - Columbus, OH
.       John Lee - Ohio PD Office - Columbus, OH
     Richard Vickers - Ohio PD Office - Columbus, OH
   

Friday, March 24, 2006

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Sign-in
    
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
      Robert L. Smith, Ph.D. - Cleveland, OH
 
9:30 – 10:15 a.m.

Preparation for and Cross Examination of Police, Expert and Pseudo-Expert Witnesses

      Mark Stanton, Cleveland, OH
10:15 – 10:30 p.m.  Break
    
10:30 – 12:00 p.m.  Evaluating Forensic DNA Evidence: Essential Elements of a Competent Defense Review
      Dan E. Krane, Ph.D. Wright State University
 
12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
   
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Herding Cats
      Millard Farmer, Atlanta
    
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Mitigation
       James Crates, Granville
 
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
 
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Experts: Locating and Cultivation Expert Assistance
    Richard Vickers, Columbus, OH
       David Stebbins, Columbus, OH
   
3:45 – 4:30 p.m. Practical Concepts for Capital Trials and Appeals
     David Doughten, Cleveland, OH