As you know from experience, message boards are fictional entertainment and the lowest form of evidence.
You are correct in that I have not seen you perform in a courtroom setting. But I have heard you give your opinion of many cases here and this is my clue.
I have watched three trials from start to finish where I knew most of the details of the cases. OJ’s case, my friend’s murder trial and my trial. In each trial there was a highly skilled trial lawyer who prevailed. In two cases there were incompetent lawyers and in the OJ case, well, Marsha Clark did a good job but screwed up in a few key areas like moving the trial location, underestimating Black jurors and allowing the glove performance. So, knowing all the facts, I have witnessed how each side wins and loses.
This is where I see you as being out of alignment with a trial lawyer:
A good trial lawyer will not be dissuaded by their client breaking a law or appearing guilty. They slough that off as though it is irrelevant. You seem to think it matters greatly.
A trial lawyer will know both lawyer’s approach and tactic. You often say that the other side has no argument, when a good trial lawyer can pull rabbits out of his a$$...I’ve seen it. This leads me to believe you could not jump sides and rip your argument apart like any good trial lawyer should be able to do. You seem to believe your observations of a case when there is always a counterargument.
In my friend’s murder trial the only witness was a homeless tweeker that was riding a bike at 1:00am and supposedly witnessed the crime in the dark. No murder weapon ever found and no real motive. From your posts here, you’d have said the case was weak. But not if you’re going up against a highly skilled trial attorney who uses performance, not law and evidence to prevail.
You rarely emphasize the fact that juries are often stupid, complacent and can be manipulated to either side regardless of evidence. But a good trial lawyer knows that well and capitalizes on that fact.
You appear to give laws and evidence too much credit. Maybe because you underestimate what skilled trial lawyers use, which is drama, misdirection, discrediting, bias and psychology.
Disclaimer: I may be wrong about you because our relationship is very disconnected. So if I have you wrong, my apologies. You offer a lot of good stuff here and kudos for not bashing like the 5-10 trolls do.

