Defendant Continually Surprised By Failure of Jury-Attacking Strategy
It doesn’t endear you to jurors, that’s for sure.
Criminal
Burglar’s Plea to “Let It Be” Backfires With Judge
Quality judicial work by Judge Gregory Todd of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, Montana. You can see a PDF of the memo itself at the link below, but here’s an excerpt: Mr. McCormack, you pled guilty to the…
UPDATED: Miami Shooting Reopens Debate Over Condiment Control
According to Miami police, early Tuesday morning the driver of a car in a Wendy’s drive-through lane requested a number of chili-sauce packets with his meal. Ominously, that number was greater than three, the maximum packets per customer allowed by…
Biter Says Bites Were to Teach Bitee Not to Bite
Hector Pulido explained to police that, by biting his nephew repeatedly, he was only trying to teach his nephew that biting people is wrong. Sure, in retrospect, he may have said, it’s possible that actually biting a 3-year-old multiple times,…
Mr. Peepers Survives Vehicular Assault
Dramatic rescue preserves Peepers from fleeing felon.
Long-Distance Relationship Made Easier by Multiple Car Thefts
Love conquers all, or at least the ignition systems of older Toyota Camrys and Nissan Sentras. Police in Los Angeles say that Antonio Moreno of Inglewood, desperate to see his girlfriend in Santa Barbara and without a car of his…
IBS Added to List of Outstanding Criminal Defenses
IBS, of course, as criminal defense attorneys out there may or may not know, stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Helen Gallo asserted this defense last week in Clearwater, Florida, after she was arrested for shoplifting from a grocery store. Gallo…
Florida Governor Is “Seriously Thinking” Of Pardoning Jim Morrison
According to the International Herald Tribune, Florida Governor Charlie Crist said today that he is "seriously thinking" of granting a posthumous pardon to Doors singer Jim Morrison. (This is a major step forward since my report on this last week.) …
UPDATE: Convictions in “Band-Aid Bandit” Case
On April 12, a jury in Tampa convicted Rafael Angel Rondon of being the "Band-Aid Bandit," suspected in the robberies of 39 banks in nine counties between 2000 and 2006. Rondon’s brother-in-law, Emeregildo Roman, was also convicted. The report did…
“Girls Gone Wild” Creator, Residing in Hole, Continues to Dig
Joe Francis, the entrepreneur who has made umpteen million dollars from the "Girls Gone Wild" videos, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury on two counts of tax evasion. He was easy to find because, as you may…