One of the character flaws that suited me to a life in the criminal law was my abysmal lack of patience. Criminal law is the last refuge of the impatient attorney, and I have the patience of a gnat.

You want to know how little patience I have? During the three long years I was a trial attorney, I repeatedly urged judges to act upon the plain language of Code of Civil Procedure § 613.

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