What prosecutor is going to be caught flat-footed on a high stakes trial? None. One of two things happened: the prosecutor pulled a bunch of all-nighters to

What prosecutor is going to be caught flat-footed on a high stakes trial? None. One of two things happened: the prosecutor pulled a bunch of all-nighters to prepare ... or else ... was just going through the motions would not have prepared extensively if given another 40 years to do so. I get that sometimes we all have to roll out of bed early to serve a client's interest, but I also think it was clearer with the generation of lawyers that started in the 60s and 70s that in the mine run of administrative and scheduling issues, jamming attorneys like this does not generate a substantive advantage and, as one local luminary would have said, 'generates heat, not light.'