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Philip Dubay

Philip Dubay

Criminal defense attorney and legal analyst with 28+ years trial experience; former Los Angeles County Public Defender.

Aug 15, 2026

20:53
Explain
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20:53
the, the thought leaders and the crusaders can all request it and make sure that there's an in-depth, thorough investigation.
21:00
But they cannot physically and personally initiate it or enforce all the procedures that are necessary to get that underway.
21:08
One thing they can do, though, is go to the DA's office and ask that it be included as part of the grand jury investigation.
21:16
'Cause believe me, you, Nancy, a grand jury starts investigating and wants all of these materials, including access to the boat, access to the cellphone, it's gonna happen.
21:27
Otherwise, they will suffer the pains of, uh, contempt of the grand jury.

18 MINS LATER

39:20
If both parties stipulate ahead of time in a criminal case, which practically never happens, but if they do, that poly is allowed in court.
9:06
Do you think that's a problem, and have you seen that in any other cases?
9:11
Yes and no. He's put 100% confidence in the people who work in the crime lab, the forensic technicians, the analysts, everybody, uh, who goes out to the scene to collect and process the evidence.
9:23
He was convinced that they did their job to the full extent.
9:27
Having said that, there are times when you need to leave a scene like this sealed.
9:32
Do not just open it up, unseal it, because for all we know, very valuable trace evidence could've been overlooked.
9:39
Uh, biological evidence, footprints, uh, shoe prints, maybe even fingerprints that were left behind on some type of surva- uh, surface.
9:47
Uh, various types of, uh, uh, biometrics that could've been available.
14:11
Do you think as a defense attorney you can kick out everything after search one and say it's corrupted?
24:14
But getting there is really hard to make.
24:18
And it's competitive is the problem because all the associate attorneys all aspire to partnership.
24:24
And the partner track is very, very difficult to achieve.
24:27
First of all, you are required usually, not always, to bill a minimum of 1,900 or 2,000 working hours per year.
24:37
And when you do the math, sometimes it could come out to between 45 and 50 hours a week just to keep your job competitive.
24:45
And if you want to make a little more, you have to build above and beyond that.
24:48
And certainly, if you want to get on the partner track, you're going to have to build maybe one and a half times that amount.

21 MINS LATER

45:47
What's your argument if you take this to trial? What do you do? What, claim it was just a big accident?

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