In United States law, a public figure is a person such as a politician, celebrity, or business leader.
 In the context of defamation actions (libel and slander) as well as invasion of privacy, a public figure cannot base a lawsuit on incorrect harmful statements unless there is proof that the writer or publisher acted with actual malice (knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth).
 The burden of proof in defamation actions is higher in the case of a public figure.
Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraska is a work of digital history hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln which uses the January 1891 murder of Lincoln, Nebraska resident John Sheedy and subsequent murder trial as a means to gain insight into Great Plains urban development during the Gilded Age.
 The site is an extension of the research and scholarship done by Timothy R. Mahoney, Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in his article "The Great Sheedy Murder Case and the Booster Ethos of the Gilded Age in Lincoln, Nebraska," which was published in "Nebraska History" quarterly and won the 2001 James L. Sellers Memorial Award.
 "Gilded Age Plains City" explores not only local history and regional history, but also urban history, social history, cultural history, and issues of race and gender.
On October 12, 2012, Ryan Carter Poston, an attorney at law from Fort Mitchell, Kentucky was shot to death by his girlfriend Shayna Hubers.
 After a sensational trial in the Campbell County, Kentucky circuit court, Hubers was convicted of murder on April 23, 2015.
 She was sentenced to 40 years in the Kentucky Department of Corrections on August 14, 2015.
 On August 25, 2016, Hubers' conviction was overturned on appeal when one of the jurors in her murder trial was revealed to be a convicted felon.
 Hubers is currently awaiting a second trial on murder charges for the killing of Ryan Poston.
Harland W. Braun (born September 21, 1942) is a Los Angeles, California criminal defense attorney.
 His cases have included successfully defending John Landis and his co-defendant George Folsey, Jr. in the "" manslaughter trial, defending Rep. Bobbi Fiedler against bribery charges, successfully defending state criminal charges against one of the officers charged in the Rodney King beating who was convicted in the subsequent federal trial, and defending several officers in the Rampart scandal.
 Braun withdrew himself from representing Robert Blake at his murder trial when Blake gave a television interview against his advice.
 Other celebrity clients have included Roseanne Barr, Gary Busey, Chris Farley, Lane Garrison, and Dennis Rodman.
Levi Weeks (1776–1819) was the accused in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder trial of 1800, the first murder trial in the United States for which there is a recorded transcript.
 At the time of the murder, Weeks was a young carpenter in New York City.
 He was the brother of Ezra Weeks, one of New York's most successful builders of the time.
A Chewbacca defense is the name in the United States given to a legal strategy in which the aim of the argument seems to be to deliberately confuse the jury rather than to factually refute the case of the other side.
 This term was used in an episode of the animated series "South Park", "Chef Aid", which premiered on October 7, 1998.
 This episode satirized attorney Johnnie Cochran's closing argument defending O. J. Simpson in his murder trial.
 The term has since been commonly used in describing legal cases, especially criminal ones.
 The concept of disguising a flaw in one's argument by presenting large amounts of irrelevant information has previously been described as the modern-day equivalent of a "red herring" or the fallacy "ignoratio elenchi" (irrelevant conclusion).
Clayton Mentuck, a native lad, was accused of killing a 14 year old teenager, Amanda Cook, in 1996.
 His first murder trial ended with a stay of proceedings in April 1998 after the trial judge ruled that certain statements, because police had violated his Charter rights, could not be heard by the jury.
 In April of 1998 lawyers revealed that a tape of Mr. Mentuck's police interrogation had been doctored, causing Mr Justice John A. Menzies of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba to issue the stay.
Maria Cristina Gutierrez (February 28, 1951 – January 30, 2004) was an American criminal defense attorney who represented several high profile defendants in the 1990s and the first Hispanic woman to be counsel of record in a case before the Supreme Court of the United States.
 She was the initial trial attorney for Adnan Syed, the Baltimore area teen who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee in 1999.
 The murder trial and conviction gained national attention in 2014 and 2015 after being the subject of the first season of the online podcast "Serial".
Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947), nicknamed The Juice, is a former National Football League (NFL) running back, broadcaster, actor, advertising spokesman, and convicted armed robber and kidnapper.
 Once a popular figure with the U.S. public, he is most well known today for his trial and acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
Vincent Politan is a former attorney and journalist who co-created and hosted "After Dark" on HLN.
 He previously anchored "Prime News with Vinnie Politan" on HLN and HLN Special Report.
 He co-anchors "In Session" on the cable network truTV.
 He previously co-anchored "Bloom & Politan: Open Court" alongside Lisa Bloom, and "Both Sides" with Kimberly Guilfoyle.
 Cases covered by Politan include Jodi Arias, Trayvon Martin, Casey Anthony, Dr. Conrad Murray, the murder trial of Michael Skakel, Michael Jackson, the Sean "Puffy" Combs case, the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Scott Peterson murder trial, and the Kobe Bryant rape case since joining Court TV in January 2001.

Question: What is the nickname of the public figure who's attorney used a Chewbacca defense in his murder trial?
Answer: The Juice