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managed to get the case continued a day so th<strong>at</strong> Kinnie could<br />
return and do closing argument. After being released from the<br />
hospital, Kinnie returned the following day to give closing argument<br />
and he saw the case through to a guilty verdict.<br />
Kinnie never minced words and was known to st<strong>at</strong>e a very<br />
pointed opinion of wh<strong>at</strong> he thought of the jail house snitches he<br />
sometimes utilized in criminal cases. Defense <strong>at</strong>torneys often<br />
speak of having been “Kinnied,” meaning th<strong>at</strong> Kinnie used an<br />
innocuous question the defense asked a witness to turn the case<br />
in the prosecutions’ favor.<br />
He formally mentored a group of new <strong>at</strong>torneys by utilizing a<br />
video of one of his homicide trials to teach about trial techniques.<br />
The positive comments from <strong>at</strong>torneys he mentored<br />
would go on for pages of this article.<br />
With his wife K<strong>at</strong>hy, Kinnie enjoyed traveling around the world<br />
and they traveled extensively in Africa and Central and South<br />
America. “Mike was incredibly proud of K<strong>at</strong>hy’s accomplishments<br />
as a n<strong>at</strong>ure photographer,” recalls Mike Dodds. He hung<br />
her photographs in his office and exhibited them with gre<strong>at</strong> pride.<br />
This author had the pleasure and privilege of working with Kinnie<br />
as both a prosecutor and a defense <strong>at</strong>torney. I deeply<br />
appreci<strong>at</strong>ed th<strong>at</strong> he was absolutely gender blind in supporting,<br />
defending and mentoring newer <strong>at</strong>torneys. He took the time to<br />
listen, to teach and to console when things went badly. I tried<br />
several homicide cases against him and always learned from the<br />
experience. He was always willing to listen to the defense and to<br />
negoti<strong>at</strong>e appropri<strong>at</strong>ely.<br />
Retired Judge Jim Ladley said it best, “Mike was a brilliant<br />
lawyer and a nice guy. I always knew he was going to shake the<br />
building with a roar to emphasize a point in every trial.”<br />
He will be gre<strong>at</strong>ly missed.<br />
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HEARSAY - OCTOBER 2011 9
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