Uncover the strategic defense tactics, cross-examination techniques, and courtroom maneuvers used to dismantle the prosecution's case and win a not-guilty verdict in a murder trial.
Join veteran trial attorney Wilfrid “Wil” Rumble as he takes you inside the compelling Twyman trial, where forensic evidence, human behavior, and narrative strategy collided in a high-stakes jury decision. Through the lens of a case involving DNA evidence, a critical failure to call for help, and deeply challenging “bad facts,” Wil reveals how his team built a powerful, emotionally resonant defence anchored in the theme: “They Got the Wrong Guy.”
This course goes beyond courtroom tactics to explore how emotional truth is identified, how case archetypes are shaped, and how teamwork drives effective trial preparation and persuasion. Even in a case where the accused did not testify, Wil demonstrates how a full and authentic picture of humanity can still be presented to the jury—and ultimately, how jurors themselves interpret justice when the story is told with clarity and conviction.
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Wilfrid “Wil” Rumble is a justice warrior. During his 30-year career, almost exclusively as a Deputy Public Defender in San Diego, California, Wil tried more than 130 cases, including 20 murder trials, two of which were co-chaired, Death Penalty trials. One of those two resulted in a life verdict after 17 minutes of jury deliberation. Wil also tried a great number, and wide variety, of serious felony cases. Wil filed numerous appellate briefs in the California Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, and successfully litigated writ petitions in the same court. Upon his retirement in 2023, the Criminal Defense Bar Association of San Diego honored Wil with the “Warhorse Award” for his “inspiring, tireless and zealous criminal defense advocacy” and “steadfast loyalty to the principles of civil liberty, justice, and equality.” Four years earlier, the San Diego North County Bar Association presented Wil the William Fletcher Award for “[p]roviding criminal defense to indigents in a manner which exemplifies the highest standards of civility, integrity, and professionalism.”
