Stephen Gustitis

This video explains the risks and benefits of working as a police confidential informant.

This video considers how to prepare an opening statement in court using the story as a memory device to help guide the jury.

This video explains how to use jury selection questions to identify biased jurors during the jury selection process when defending criminal charges.

This video explains the secret ingredient for preparing a great cross examination. It avoids cross examination techniques, rather the video explains how deep creative thought is the key to developing a great cross examination in court.

This video discusses whether a criminal defendant should offer their grand jury testimony and a grand jury is explained.

This video explains the pros and cons of a pretrial diversion program, sometimes known as pretrial intervention. It considers how pretrial diversion works in criminal cases, its advantages and disadvantages.

This video considers the writ of habeas corpus definition and also the writ of habeas corpus explained in terms of pre-trial and post-conviction relief.

This video describes the Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals scientific and legal challenges to forensics in criminal court.

In this video, criminal defense lawyer Stephen Gustitis introduces a new series on forensic evidence as the intersection of science and the law and how to use science and law to defend against forensics in the courtroom.

This video considers the criminal appeals process and how to use a motion for new trial or writ of habeas corpus to withdraw an involuntary guilty or no contest plea.

This video explains actual authority vs apparent authority regarding a consent search in criminal law and how the police use a person's consent to avoid the 4th Amendment probable cause search requirement.

This video defines consent to search and explains several limitations on consent including voluntariness, scope, and withdrawal of consent to search.

This video examines when a pretrial motion to suppress can be used to suppress criminal confessions from trial based on a 5th Amendment violation.

This video defines a pretrial motion for discovery and describes how to use it to obtain information from the police and prosecutor to help prepare a defense to criminal charges.

This video discusses when a pretrial motion to suppress evidence can be used to exclude evidence from trial based on the 4th Amendment Exclusionary Rule.

This video begins a new series on pretrial motions in criminal cases and how they can help you defend criminal charges.

This video describes why a police polygraph test is not protected by the attorney client privilege and that anyone considering taking a lie detector test should hire their own polygraph expert to administer the examination.

This video explains three ways a polygraph examination can be used by your criminal defense attorney to help you.

This video begins a new series on how a polygraph examination can be used to help your criminal defense.

This video explains whether a person charged with a crime should assert their 6th Amendment right to speedy trial by asking for a trial.

Regarding your right to speedy trial, what are some common reasons for criminal trial delay and should you be concerned?

This video explains how the courts test whether your right to speedy trial was violated.

This video is about the police and social media and explains whether you should delete your social media accounts after being arrested, being charged, or being investigated by the police.

This video explains 3 ways police departments and prosecutors can use social media against you in criminal court.

This video explains strategies for using a batterer intervention program when defending domestic violence cases.

This video explains strategies for dropping charges against someone when defending domestic violence cases.

This video explains how the reconciliation process between partners in a domestic violence dispute is the foundation of a successful domestic violence defense strategy.

This video explains a domestic violence defense strategy that involves reconciliation, a non-prosecution request, and long-term behavior modification training.

This video explains how your student rights in college disciplinary hearings are critically and inherently flawed because of university bias, no advocate to speak for you, and no subpoena power to compel the attendance of witnesses.

This video explains, when students face university discipline, how they can incriminate themselves in a university disciplinary hearing and how the police can subpoena their confession.

This video explains how to defend yourself in a student disciplinary hearing by utilizing a student's right to an advisor in a student conduct hearing.

Want to know your rights when dealing with the police? This video explains your right to remain silent and your right to an attorney if you get taken in for police questioning.

Our 3rd video in the series on plea bargaining pros and cons explains the reasons to plead not guilty, to fight your case, and to defend yourself in court.

The 2nd video in our series on plea bargaining pros and cons. This series explains arguments for and against plea bargaining.

We begin our series on plea bargaining pros and cons. This series explains arguments for and against plea bargaining.

You just got arrested. This video explains your right to remain silent and your right to an attorney if you get arrested by the cops.

This video covers your right to remain silent and your right to refuse to consent to search with cops at the door.

The best DUI defense tactics include fighting the DUI blood test. Skilled criminal defense lawyers can challenge the DUI blood draw procedure to defend a DUI arrest.

This video covers your right to remain silent and your right to refuse to consent to search when you get pulled over in your car.

What are the best DUI defense tactics your DUI defense lawyer can use to challenge the Intoxilyzer breath test while defending your DUI arrest?

Using the sobriety tests is part of DUI defense tactics your criminal defense attorney can use to fight your DUI arrest. We use the DUI investigation against the police!

How can your DUI attorney use the personal contact phase of the DUI investigation to defend your DUI arrest?

Defending your DUI in court takes a skilled DUI lawyer. Learn how DUI attorneys use the vehicle in motion phase of the DUI investigation to defend DUI arrests.

What are the best DUI defense tactics? It starts with understanding the police DUI investigation.

Will you get arrested for DUI after getting stopped? Getting arrested for DUI is a high probability!

What skills should DUI lawyers possess that other criminal defense attorneys lack?

Tips on how to choose the best criminal defense lawyer for your criminal charges.