The Casewalker Chronicles

Headlines end. The details begin. Tonight's a little different — a short docket, a major pretrial update, and then we go heavy on the Richard Allen appeal, because Lacey was in the courtroom for oral argument this morning. Quick Docket — Lindsay Clancy: Patrick Clancy gave a televised interview following the mistrial. We haven't watched it yet, so we're not reacting to it. That&apos...

Headlines end. The details begin. The details change everything. Read the damn documents. Tonight: where the Flynn trial actually stands, why a mistrial isn't the end of Lindsay Clancy's legal fight, what DNA evidence does and doesn't tell you, and a Red Flag on sealed court records — plus a full board update on every other case we're tracking. Trial Watch — State of Ohio v. Ca...

Headlines end. The details begin. Episode 33 of The Particulars covers two new murder trials, a closed case that finally has an answer, and a fight over what a juror is allowed to say after the fact. Trial Watch — Ohio v. Caleb Flynn: Flynn is on trial in Miami County, Ohio, accused of killing his wife, Ashley, in their Tipp City home and staging the scene to look like a break-in. Flynn has pleade...

Headlines end. The details begin. Episode 30 of The Particulars asks one question all night: when someone in authority says "that's just how we do it," according to what? Current File — JonBenét Ramsey and the CBI DNA Scandal: Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation analyst Yvonne "Missy" Woods was sentenced September 8th to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to felo...

Headlines end. The details begin. Episode 31 of The Particulars runs on four words: what can you prove? Current File — 12 Deepfake Domains Seized: The Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced it seized 12 domain names pursuant to a court order, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into websites allegedly used to disseminate non-consensual AI-generated sexual deepfakes. The DA sa...

Headlines end. The details begin. Episode 32 of The Particulars asks a deceptively simple question: A rule exists. But was it actually followed? Tonight we use one framework across very different records: RULE → SAFEGUARD → RECORD → ACCOUNTABILITY Because a written policy is not proof of compliance. A safeguard existing on paper is not proof that it operated. And when something is missing from a r...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 28 of The Particulars, one case ends without a verdict, one moves toward trial, and we take a third all the way back to where it began. Trial Watch — Clancy: Friday ended Lindsay Clancy's first trial without a verdict. After seven days of deliberation, Judge William Sullivan declared the jury deadlocked and a mistrial — after an emergency defense r...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 27 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic cover a mistrial in one major case and open the record on another. Trial Watch — The Clancy Mistrial: After seven days of jury deliberation and seven weeks of trial, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy. A mistrial means the trial ended without a verdict resolving guilt or inno...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 26 of The Particulars, two very different files sit on our desk tonight — one jury still deliberating, and one case you helped us choose that just had a major pre-trial development. Clancy: A second straight day, a second impasse. Judge Sullivan gave the jury the Massachusetts supplemental deadlock instruction, commonly called Tuey-Rodriguez, and sent t...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 25 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic bring you a verdict that dropped just 30 minutes before we went live. Breaking: A Las Vegas jury has found Dwayne Keith "Keffe D" Davis guilty of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur — nearly three decades after the shooting, and even though prosecutors never claimed Davis fired the fatal...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 24 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk the Lindsay Clancy case with two different lenses — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: Closing arguments are in. After 22 trial days, Judge Sullivan has given the jury the law, and Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy now belongs to 12 jurors. Tonight is the closing a...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 7 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's most talked-about cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Tonight's docket goes deep on the Scott Peterson habeas fight — not whether he did it, but how the machinery actually works: why almost none of his original 2004 trial att...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 23 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: The evidence in Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy is closed. After 21 days, more than 80 witnesses, competing psychiatrists, and the final defense witness, the case now moves to closi...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 6 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Case Update: Quick Hits. Zaire Wade was arraigned Thursday in Pasadena and pleaded not guilty to one felony count under Penal Code 273.5(a). He's ordered to stay 100+ yards from the alleged...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 22 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: Day 19 of Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy in Massachusetts brought Dr. Avram Mack's rebuttal cross-examination to a close and Dr. Kurt Heilbrun's direct testimony, which h...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 21, Lacey and Nic walk this week's biggest cases — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: the Clancy defense case closes, and the Commonwealth answers. Days 17 and 18, in order. Thursday: Sullivan voir dired all 18 seated jurors — all said they could stay impartial. Reddington's motion to add witn...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 5 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Case Update: Quick Hits. Zaire Wade's arraignment is still ahead, not behind — set for Thursday, July 16 in Pasadena. The LA County DA's office filed a felony complaint July 9 charging...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 20 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. What We Found After We Went Off Air: after Monday's show, we found a court ruling the public hadn't seen — Judge Sullivan's August 17 Supplemental Decision and Order (docket #179...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 4 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Case Update: The Charlie Kirk Case Didn't Go the Way Anyone Expected. Friday's five-day preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson wrapped, but instead of closing arguments and a ruling, J...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 19 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: the Lindsay Clancy trial turned today. On Day 14 the Commonwealth rested, the defense moved for a required finding of not guilty under the Latimore standard, Judge Sullivan denied...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 3 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Legal Minute: What Does Probable Cause Actually Mean? Utah's Fourth District Court closed out a five-day preliminary hearing this week for Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of fatally...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 18 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: the Lindsay Clancy trial at a hinge point. No court today, the jury returns Monday, and by every indication the Commonwealth is about to rest. So we stop and ask the question that...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 10 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: opening statements in the Lindsay Clancy trial. We cover the "lack of criminal responsibility" standard and why the burden falls on the Commonwealth, the medication testi...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 11 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: a new emergency defense motion halted the Lindsay Clancy trial for a full day. We break down what it actually asked the judge to do, the injury claim from Kevin Reddington's o...

Headlines end. The details begin. In Episode 12 of The Particulars, Lacey and Nic walk this week's cases with a different lens — a private investigator and law student alongside a former federal agent. Trial Watch: the Lindsay Clancy trial, the full week in review — Kevin Reddington's opening, the shape of the defense case, and where things stand. Legal Minute: the difference between inv...