From Publishers Weekly

This lucid and moving sequel to Expert Testimony explores racial tension and litigation in an Arkansas town.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Arkansas lawyer Gideon Page returns ( Expert Testimony , Summit Bks., dist. by S. & S., 1991) as defender of a likable and sophisticated black psychologist accused of murdering his white lover's retarded child during electroshock therapy. Interracial love, child abuse, and family secrets add volatility to the case and send Page scurrying for mitigating evidence; meanwhile, he worries about solo practice, true love, and middle age. Courtroom tactics, case details, and legal explanations flesh out this steadily involving drama for legal eagles.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Grif Stockley Delivers Another Gripping Thriller that is rich with humor, local color (accentuated now that our president comes from that state), vivid characterization and intrigue."

-- Mostly Murder

"Very Difficult To Put Down...

Told with a keen sense of humor, the book is both a cleverly crafted detective yarn and a touching nontraditional love story."

-- Business First

"Involving...The ethical and religious dilemmas are well handled."

-- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine -- Review

Product Description

From the author of Probable Cause and Expert Testimony comes a new spine-tingling legal thriller. Arkansas attorney Gideon Page takes on a murder trial that involves the hot issue of religious fundamentalism. HC: Simon & Schuster.

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"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."

 *Entertainment Weekly

When small-time lawyer Gideon Page agrees to defend Dade Cunningham against charges of rape, he doesn't realize what he's taken on. Dade, a star wide receiver for the University of Arkansas, is poor and black; his accuser, a pretty co-ed, is wealthy and white. And Gideon is suddenly at the center of a racially and sexually charged case that will earn him enemies on campus and off.

Before he even gets to trial, he'll be dodging the media and the wrath of feminists, contending with naked bigotry and university politics, dealing with the divided loyalties of his daughter, Sarah, and facing long hidden secrets from the past that will put the truth and his own conscience on trial. . . .

"[The] richness of place and character gives punch to the climactic courtroom scene . . . Illegal Motion will give courtroom drama fans a pleasantly tense few hours."

 *San Jose Mercury News

"STOCKLEY KNOWS HIS STUFF."

 *Detroit Free Press

From the Inside Flap

"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."

*Entertainment Weekly

When small-time lawyer Gideon Page agrees to defend Dade Cunningham against charges of rape, he doesn't realize what he's taken on. Dade, a star wide receiver for the University of Arkansas, is poor and black; his accuser, a pretty co-ed, is wealthy and white. And Gideon is suddenly at the center of a racially and sexually charged case that will earn him enemies on campus and off.

Before he even gets to trial, he'll be dodging the media and the wrath of feminists, contending with naked bigotry and university politics, dealing with the divided loyalties of his daughter, Sarah, and facing long hidden secrets from the past that will put the truth and his own conscience on trial. . . .

"[The] richness of place and character gives punch to the climactic courtroom scene . . . Illegal Motion will give courtroom drama fans a pleasantly tense few hours."

*San Jose Mercury News

"STOCKLEY KNOWS HIS STUFF."

*Detroit Free Press

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