Current on-air identification: Tarlika Nuñez-Navarro, Dean and Professor of Law at St. Thomas University College of Law. Archived broadcasts may contain the originating broadcaster’s earlier on-screen identification.
Legal analysis for breaking news and high-profile trials.
Nuñez-Navarro reads a criminal case the way a trial judge does: what the charging document alleges, what the State has to prove, and which rulings will matter on appeal.
As seen on: FOX News, CBS, ABC News, NewsNation, Court TV, Newsmax, WKMG.
Recent appearances.
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Mississippi grand jury: new evidence and deleted messagesDiscusses the grand jury decision, deleted phone messages and what new evidence could mean for the investigation.
Lindsay Clancy: juror removal and deliberationsExplains the threshold for removing a juror, a defendant’s presence at sidebar and the risks of coercing a deadlocked jury.
Lindsay Clancy: a jury at impasseDiscusses unanimity, complex verdict forms and the judge’s decision about further deliberations or a mistrial.
Florida schools: corporal punishment safeguardsExplains parental consent, school-board policies, oversight and safeguards discussed in the Florida law.
Luigi Mangione: an open plea and double jeopardyExplains how an open federal plea may shape a New York double-jeopardy argument and the competing positions on the charges.
Cruise-ship death investigation: reasonable doubtDiscusses how an alternative-suspect theory and gaps in forensic evidence may affect the prosecution’s burden of proof.
Tiger Woods: prescription records and DUI evidenceExplains how prosecutors may use body-camera video and circumstantial evidence and why the defense may challenge prescription records.
Tiger Woods: DUI evidence and next stepsDiscusses chemical-test refusal, challenges to field sobriety evidence and the treatment of prior incidents.
Tiger Woods: proving impairment after a crashDiscusses chemical-test refusal, medical history and the challenges of proving impairment from field sobriety evidence.
Luigi Mangione: the backpack search and evidenceExplains the totality of the circumstances, warrant exceptions and a search incident to arrest in the backpack evidence hearing.
Sean Combs: detention pending sentencingDiscusses the denial of bail after conviction and how the judge weighs exceptional circumstances and trial evidence.
Sean Combs: testimony and the charges at trialDiscusses how testimony relates to the elements prosecutors must prove and why early testimony does not decide the whole case.
Aaron Spencer: publicity, venue and jury selectionDiscusses publicity, jury selection, venue and jury nullification as a homicide defendant campaigns for sheriff.
Believe: representation and the judiciaryDiscusses her children’s book, the value of representation and encouraging children to consider legal careers.Book a legal analyst for your story.
Available for live and taped segments, remote or in studio.
Verdict watch
What jury instructions mean, how to interpret deliberations, and what a jury question may signal.
Arrests and charging
First appearance, bond, and what a charging affidavit does and does not establish.
Florida cases
Stand Your Ground, death-penalty sentencing and sentencing scoresheets.
Appeals
What an appellate court can and cannot overturn.
Judges and the courts
Recusal, judicial conduct and managing a high-profile trial. As a member of the Seventeenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, she reviews judicial applications, interviews applicants and helps submit nominees to the Governor.