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1)Effec(velyUsingSocialMediaatTrial,and2)DefendingCasesinHighCrimeAreasPresentedby:MichaelE.Phillips,AGorneyandDavidEaton,AGorney

MichaelE.PhillipsAGorney

PlacePhotoHere(Op(onal)•  AFoundingShareholderofHagwoodandTipton,

P.C.•  Ac(velyPrac(cesinMississippiandNorthCarolina.•  ExperiencedLi(gator,havingtriedcasesacrossthe

Southeast.

DavidEatonAGorney

PlacePhotoHere(Op(onal)•  AFoundingShareholderofHagwoodandTipton,

P.C.•  Ac(velyPrac(cesinTennesseeandNorthCarolina.•  ExperiencedLi(gator,havingtriedcasesacrossthe

Southeast.

Effec%velyUsingSocialMediaatTrial

•  DiscoveryRequestsandUsingElectronicDiscoveryPre-trial

•  SubpoenaingRecordsfromFacebook,TwiGer,PhoneCarriers,etc.

MakingSocialMediaRelevant•  Peopleputeverythingontheinternet•  Neverunderes%matetheabilityofawitnesstolie•  Apicture(orvideo,ortweet….)isworthathousand

words•  Iden%fica%onofwitnesses•  Preserva%onofevidence•  Impeachmentvalue•  Lowervalueofcase•  WhodoesthePlain%fffollowandwhatdothey‘like’

DefendingCasesinHighCrimeAreas•  AtmosphereofViolence•  Crimesta(s(cs•  Policecalllogs•  SecurityMeasures

•  CantheCriminalbeDeterred?•  CommunityComparison•  Judicial/LegalReali(es

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