Putting the Pee in JurisPrudence: A Trial Story Thread

Brought to you by #lawtwitter I was trying a case in the city circuit involving an inmate assault on a corrections officer. My client was accused of MacGyvering a device that allowed him to squirt urine from a squeeze bottle through a flexible tube and using it to hit a CO.

Barely Legal: A Trial Story Thread

Brought to you by #lawtwitter Early in my career, I was trying a misdemeanor in front of a district court judge who was known for many things, one of them being lack of interest in his courtroom and another being his deep interest in anything tawdry. I would not normally have elected a bench trial with him

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S1 Ep1: The one where a cop pulls a knife on my client in the courthouse and gets caught lying about it.

A thread.

August 2006. I had just finished trying a case in front of a new-ish judge and was about to pick a jury in another. This wasn't unusual. I was a Public Defender at the time and often went back to back, picking a jury in a case while the jury in the last case was deliberating. SOP.

The new jury would hear a gun/drug case. My client had made bail and was in the hallway waiting to get started.