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Nov 5 • 37 tweets • 6 min read
Day 3 of the “no more than 2” day trial of Sandwich Guy. The prosecution is resting its case; the defense hasn’t decided yet. Dispute over jury instructions continues, a few morsels (sorry) to follow.
Firstly, Sandwich Guy does not “plan” to take the stand.
Nov 4 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
Defense begins with, “He did it. He threw the sandwich.” Goes on to argue that the throw was “an exclamation mark at the end of a verbal outburst.”
Nov 3 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I am at the so-called Sandwich Guy’s trial, where Judge Carl Nichols just called the matter “the simplest case in the history of the world.”
Says on account of this reality the trial will take no more than 2 days, no matter how many witnesses the government calls.