Clifford P. W. Duke
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Clifford Duke is an Assistant Public Defender in Dallas County. He has worked for the Public Defenders Office for the last ten years after a short miserable stint practicing worker’s compensation and personal injury law. He is a graduate of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Cliff and his wife are both transplants to Texas from the Northwest. He can be reached at Cliff.Duke@dallascounty.org.Stories from Clifford P. W. Duke
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Nobody wants a one-word verdict at trial. But as bad as a “guilty” at trial is the one-word verdict on your brilliant appellate argument: waiver. If it’s not preserved, it’s not going to win the day for your client.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019
Regardless of the plea and whether the punishment be assessed by the judge or the jury, evidence may be offered by the state and the defendant as to any matter the court deems relevant to sentencing . . .
Tex Code Crim Proc. 37.07, § 3(a)(1).
