Rules of Evidence [Import] [Paperback]

Jay Brandon (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd; Advance copy edition (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0718136225
• ISBN-13: 978-0718136222
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Jay Brandon (1953- ) grew up and his lived primarily in San Antonio, Texas. A graudate of the University of Texas, he also has a Master's degree from The Writing Seminars of Johns Hopkins University, and a J.D. from the University of Houston.
Brandon is the author of 15 novels and one book of non-fiction, as well as a number of short stories published in anthologies.
Brandon has also been a lawyer since 1985. His first job out of law school was at the Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest criminal court in Texas. He then served as an assistant district attorney of Bexar County (San Antonio), Texas, and a staff attorney on the Fourth Court of Appeals of Texas, before going into private practice in 1990.
Brandon's 1990 novel FADE THE HEAT, his first legal thriller, was shortlisted for the Edgar Award and optioned by Amblin Entertainment. That and later novels have been published by more than a dozen foreign published, with worldwide distribution.
Brandon is married and the father of three children. He is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and the American Crime Writers League (although he generally dislikes belonging to any group; just a natural prejudice).

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Characters Lift a Courtroom Drama Above the Pack, July 24, 2000

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James W. Christian "scripophilist" (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rules of Evidence (Mass Market Paperback)

Call this genre fiction if you like, but Jay Brandon elevates the familiar cops and courtrooms drama with mature insight into the lives of a Black lawyer, the first of his family out of poverty, and a White cop whose affection for the old neighborhood is expressed in terms only a vigilante would understand. Raymond Boudro is the Black lawyer with a client list packed with drug pushers and convenience store robbers. Mike Stennett is the White narcotics cop who doesn't shy from bashing heads and breaking ribs when he can't make a case stick in court. When Stennett is accused of beating a Black man to death, he comes to Boudro to defend him. Boudro deplores this renegade cop's methods but wants to know the truth; taking the case is the only way he'll ever know. The crucible in which these two characters are locked creates all the tension you expect from the genre, but there's much more to savor--authentic lawyer talk to be sure, but it's the finely wrought human side of the two characters that sets this book apart.

3.0 out of 5 stars Just OK, August 17, 2011

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Donna J. Runnels (Burnham, Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rules of Evidence (Mass Market Paperback)

Having worked in both law enforcement and a district attorney's office, I have pretty high standards when it comes to books involving cops and lawyers. This book didn't make a big impression on me. However, the characters were interesting and depicted well. I was hoping for a blockbuster ending, but I didn't get one.