Guilty as Sin

Guilty as charged? Yes, but...

Did career criminal Alonzo Barnett, in and out of prison since age fifteen, commit the latest drug deal he’s accused of? Yup, he’s guilty as charged. But is he guilty as sin? That‘s the question criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, the maverick known as Jaywalker, has to answer as he takes the court-appointed case. As Jaywalker is well aware, one wrong move, even for the right reason, can derail your life— and land an otherwise redeemed ex-con back in the slammer for years.

Up against a team of prosecutors—one a talented, ethical newcomer, the other a sleazy, tightfisted veteran—Jaywalker has almost nothing on his side. Except his unshakable belief in his client…and the very real possibility of redemption for them both.

The Jaywalker Series:

Book 1: The Tenth Case (October 2008)

Book 2: Bronx Justice (April 2009)

Book 3: Depraved Indifference (November 2009)

Book 4: Overkill (August 2010)

Book 5: Guilty as Sin (July 2011)

About the author:

Joseph Teller was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from the College of Wooster in Ohio and the University of Michigan Law School. He returned to New York City, where he spent three years as an agent with
the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (the precursor of the Drug Enforcement Administration) doing undercover work. For the next thirty-fi ve years, he worked as a criminal defense attorney, representing murderers,
drug dealers, thieves and at least one serial killer. When New York State restored the death penalty in the nineties, Teller was one of a select group of lawyers given special training to represent capital defendants, which he did on several occasions. On one of these occasions he was able to win an acquittal for a man accused of committing a double murder.

Not too long ago Teller decided to “run from the law” and began turning his stories into books. He is the father of three grown children, has four grandchildren and lives in rural upstate New York with his wife, Sandy, an antiques dealer and interior designer.