To Hatred Turned: Everything is Bigger in Texas, Including the Crimes by Ken Englade

Author:Ken Englade
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781626815032
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2014-12-07T00:00:00+00:00

According to those who have watched him in action, there are several elements to Mulder’s success in the courtroom. One is the amount of time and energy he is willing to spend on preparing a case for trial. Reportedly, he interviews virtually all the witnesses in a case himself rather than delegating that chore to an associate. Mulder routinely works seventy-hour weeks, longer ones when he is involved in a major trial.

For another thing, Mulder has a reputation as a genius for spotting holes in the prosecution’s case. Because of his experience as an assistant district attorney, he also knows how to take advantage of even the slightest crack. He is especially devastating when cross-examining opposition witnesses, skilled at opening up wedges in their testimony. He delights in cross-examining expert witnesses and ripping apart the occasional witness who tries to spar with him.

Plus, when it comes to picking a jury, Mulder is said to have a sixth sense about which veniremen will ultimately be sympathetic to the defense and maneuvers the process so he can get as many of them on the final panel as possible.

To jurors, Mulder appears as suave, charming, and extremely confident—a debonair, well-dressed straight shooter, the latter characteristic being one which is always appreciated by Texas juries. Among fellow lawyers, though, Mulder has a reputation as a snob. Even when he seems to want to be sociable with his colleagues, he comes across as aloof and superior. An often-repeated story about Mulder deals with the time a group of lawyers decided to attend a baseball game and Mulder was invited along. As they gathered in the parking lot to enter the stadium, Mulder arrived, fashionably late, in his chauffeur-driven limousine.

Mulder’s main recreational outlet is golf, and to hear those who have played with him tell it, he is a tough competitor. He should be, some of them say, since he brags that he has been playing the game since he was ten. In golf, as in law, Mulder is good and he knows it. There is little room in his life for amateur duffers, just as there is little room in his life for those who might criticize or belittle his lawyering skills. When the Adams case was at the height of its controversy, a reporter asked Mulder if he would concede a prosecutorial error.

Mulder shook his head. “I think we got the right man,” he said. “And I think he should have been executed.”

Weeks later, after Adams had been freed, Mulder was asked to speculate what the results would have been if he had been Adams’s attorney instead of the prosecutor. Mulder didn’t hesitate. “I’d have gotten him off,” he bragged. “There’s no doubt in my mind.”

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