New update to the Billy Lane story….

21/01/2007 by info.

Gregory Eisenmenger New Attorney of Record in Lane Case

According to the public records from the Brevard County Florida Clerk of Court, the new attorney of record in case 05-2006-CF-027824-AXXX-XX - STATE VS LANE WILLIAM DAVID is indeed, Gregory Eisenmenger, not Kepler Funk. There were also two new notices filed, a Notice of Discovery and Statement of Particulars and a Notice of Objection to State’s Subpoena Duces Tecum. The definition of this legal term, according to Wikkipedia is,

subpoena duces tecum (Latin for “bring with you under penalty of punishment”) is a court summons to appear and produce tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial.

In law a subpoena (literally “under punishment”) is a court order requiring a person’s appearance, also (in some jurisdictions) called a summons. A subpoena duces tecum is a specific form of subpoena requiring that a person bring certain documents or other evidence to the court.

It is similar to subpoena ad testificandum (writ of summons to testify orally) but it includes clauses to bring in hand books, papers, etc. for the court.

In certain US jurisdictions which have de-emphasized the use of foreign words and phrases in court terminology, this type of subpoena is also called a “subpoena for production of evidence”.

Given the facts that we already know about this case, this motion would tend to raise some eyebrows. Its a pretty strange situation. This usually happens when there is a conflict between the attorney and client as to how to present the case. We don’t know if that is what happened here but it is interesting that Mr. Lane would change lead attorney’s at such a late date. As before, the case is set to be heard by Judge Meryl L. Allawas on February 2, 2007.

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