Oct 21, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares is on trial for the 2012 murder of Faith Hedgepeth in North Carolina. Order our book on Delphi here…
And I think this whole thing is wrapping up a lot sooner than some of us thought it would be.
What does that mean, Kevin? In general, can you talk about that? Because that might be surprising to some people.
Well, the thing to remember is that it is the prosecution that has the burden of actually proving something.
They have to establish that the person charged with the crime actually committed that crime.
you can't imagine a situation where the reverse of this would happen, where the prosecution would walk in and say, well, we're not going to present a case.
All they have to do is try to establish that there is a reasonable doubt that whatever the prosecution is claiming is true.
So if they feel that the prosecution has not met its burden if they feel that the prosecution has not proven its case if they feel like golly just by us cross-examining some of these witnesses we have done a good enough job of poking holes in this case they don't need to present a defense
so when can that be a power move and when can that be maybe not a good idea in front of a jury
It can be a power move if it's actually a very weak case and it sends a message, at least implicitly, that we don't think they've done a good job.
I think it's like the almost defense attorney equivalent of like this guy swung a punch at me, missed, fell on his face, and I didn't even need to hit him.
And I think this whole thing is wrapping up a lot sooner than some of us thought it would be.
What does that mean, Kevin? In general, can you talk about that? Because that might be surprising to some people.
Well, the thing to remember is that it is the prosecution that has the burden of actually proving something.
They have to establish that the person charged with the crime actually committed that crime.
you can't imagine a situation where the reverse of this would happen, where the prosecution would walk in and say, well, we're not going to present a case.
All they have to do is try to establish that there is a reasonable doubt that whatever the prosecution is claiming is true.
So if they feel that the prosecution has not met its burden if they feel that the prosecution has not proven its case if they feel like golly just by us cross-examining some of these witnesses we have done a good enough job of poking holes in this case they don't need to present a defense
so when can that be a power move and when can that be maybe not a good idea in front of a jury
It can be a power move if it's actually a very weak case and it sends a message, at least implicitly, that we don't think they've done a good job.
I think it's like the almost defense attorney equivalent of like this guy swung a punch at me, missed, fell on his face, and I didn't even need to hit him.
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