Comments on: Long, single-sentence issue statement http://blogs.utexas.edu/legalwriting/2010/09/14/long-single-sentence-issue-statement/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:27:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sandy Hausler http://blogs.utexas.edu/legalwriting/2010/09/14/long-single-sentence-issue-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Sandy Hausler Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:29:12 +0000 http://blogs.utexas.edu/legalwriting/?p=147#comment-900 Mr. Kodalli is using the Bryan Garner method, which I like and use when appropriate.

]]> By: Rao Kodali http://blogs.utexas.edu/legalwriting/2010/09/14/long-single-sentence-issue-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Rao Kodali Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:15:22 +0000 http://blogs.utexas.edu/legalwriting/?p=147#comment-802 I changed the last part as it is repetetive of what is mentioned supra.The narrative is simple and good.

Smith was under police control at the station for 22 hours. Police never took him before a magistrate or let him speak with a lawyer, and they misled him about the charge against him. They then arrested him without a warrant—which the prosecution admits was illegal. But the prosecution asserts that when the police confronted Smith with inculpatory admissions of an alleged co-defendant, that intervening event broke the causal chain between his illegal arrest and his confession.

» Was the court of appeals correct in upholding Smith’s confession a product of his free will?

]]> By: Magumi http://blogs.utexas.edu/legalwriting/2010/09/14/long-single-sentence-issue-statement/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Magumi Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:22:52 +0000 http://blogs.utexas.edu/legalwriting/?p=147#comment-755 Your version is much better :-) ; I had to read the original brief twice, and highlight the clauses in six colors to understand how they fit together. Is there any historical or legal reason why (some) lawyers try to cram everything into one sentence? I have noticed that this unfortunate custom prevails also among lawyers from other, non-English-speaking jurisdictions, which appears to indicate that there must be some method to this this madness. :-) )

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