Pierce Law Students Reach Quarterfinals at 19th National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition

Franklin Pierce Law Center's moot court team of Adam Muller of West Palm Beach, FL, and Dan Dargon of Concord advanced to the quarterfinals at the National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition held this month at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Both third-year students, Muller and Dargon participated in four rounds of arguments with 41 teams. Muller won "Best Individual Oralist" among a field of 84 competitors. This was the first year Pierce Law participated in the competition.

The competition is sponsored by the University of San Diego School of Law. This year's competition focused on a two-part criminal procedure problem. The first part involved a 6th Amendment Confrontation Clause issue regarding a hearsay statement made by an inmate after a near-fatal stabbing in a prison yard. The second part involved a 5th Amendment Miranda issue and how police and prison guards conducted an interrogation after the stabbing.