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I would be hard pressed to find any hole in this case against the accused.
Most of my legal training at the U of MN Law School of any practical value was through the clinic Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. I was a student and one of two Student Directors connected with Minnesota Correctional Facility--Stillwater. I had other courses that were more practical too but they seemed to be kind of frowned on by some of the more traditional minded professors.
They did try to teach it so you approach from various perspectives like that of the prosecution, defense, and the judge.