Temani came into this case, after a colleague needed help with a trial. The client, was a local, criminal defense lawyer, who was charged with selling firearms to his client, who was a convicted felon. The case was interesting to say the least.
Temani’s colleague had a defense but Temani, knew that his defense wouldn’t work. It simply didn’t make sense and would lead to B.S. going to prison for a long time. Temani offered a new defense, and that’s the defense that they used at trial. During jury selection, Temani instructed the trial team on how to research potential jurors, so that only the jurors that would side with her defense theory would be selected.
During trial, many people wanted Temani to attack an Assistant US Attorney that had to testify. Temani took a different approach, and it worked. After the first day of jury deliberations, Temani told her trial team that she believed that the case would end in a hung jury. The next day, that is exactly what happened.