Sam Adam Jr., who defended both R. Kelly and former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and has routinely been recognized as one of the top trial lawyers in America, says, “It’s obvious what’s coming here is gonna be self-defense.”
The attorney says he has had success in defending a client who had stabbed his wife 15 times by having a psychiatrist testify that the action became automatic in the adrenaline-fueled heat of the moment. The defense here could similarly dispute that Van Dyke fired his gun so many times out of malice. “People start an action and they’re excited, they continue to go on with the action,” Genson says. “It was an automatic response,” he says they could argue.
Pugh says that he knows Van Dyke’s lawyer Herbert very well, and describes him as an excellent lawyer.
