Wilkes on Trial

by Winston Schoonover

Book Overview

Like a graffiti-covered wall, the State v. Diderot case has legendary defense attorney John Wilkes' name written all over it. The victim is pretty, blind, white, and defenseless, and her alleged attacker is anything but. Lyle Diderot has a face that would terrify his own mother, not to mention prospective jurors. He's the longtime leader of the Whiz Kids, a street gang that got its name from the obscene acts it performs on a fallen enemy. Anyone who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345375645
• ISBN13: 9780345375643
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

The second finest book ever written about the law.

Both this book and Mr. Sevilla's first work, "Wilkes: His Life and Crimes," are two of the best books I've ever read about lawyers and judges. They're very funny and -- I regret to say -- very truthful accounts of the way our legal system actually works. Get it. Read it. Enjoy it