When profits at the firm of Mays & Burton reach an all-time low, ex-public defender Gideon Page is fired like a shot--but not before he steals a case with all the makings of a media nightmare. Dr. Andrew Chapman, a black psychologist, is charged with...
A prominent Arkansas politico and state senator is murdered, and the babbling, incoherent man accused of the crime has ironclad insanity plea written all over him. Everyone, including Gideon Page, the public defender, thinks this case is nailed shut...
Leigh Wallace, the knockout daughter of a big-time minister, is behind bars, accused of murdering her wealthy husband. Defending her is the county's legendary and dying trial lawyer, Chet Bracken, who now asks none other than lowly lawyer Gideon Page...
"GRIPPING . . . [Stockley] writes with wit, irony, and a good lawyer's intimate understanding of the daily life of the defense bar and the dynamics of trial. Illegal Motion reads like a thriller and reverberates like the news."
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Like the South where he was born, Gideon Page is haunted by the past. Offered a shot at redemption and revenge, he returns to his hometown of Bear Creek, Arkansas, to defend a man accused of a cont...
Arkansas lawyer Gideon Page represents a well-known fundamentalist preacher's daughter, accused of murdering her husband, in a case that leads Page into a hotbed of jealousy, lust, and pornography. ...