One of the Baltimore City Police Officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray was charged today with second degree “depraved heart” murder. Under Maryland law, the penalty for this crime is up to thirty years in prison. There are several legal terms used to describe “depraved heart” murder – “wanton indifference” and “reckless endangerment” […]
Criminal defense lawyer Page Pate comments on winning a case before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the court’s interpretation of a landmark 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding cellphone searches.
In a HuffPost Live segment, federal defense attorney Page Pate comments on the Ferguson grand jury decision for Huffington Post’s Black Voices section. Page stated that the prosecutor behaved “almost like a defense attorney would.”
Criminal defense attorney Page Pate of Atlanta, Georgia, has represented several officers in excessive force cases and discusses the issue with CNN.com. Jurors and potential jurors are “likely to trust an officer’s version of events.”