Miscellaneous

Monkeys Aren't the Only Ones That Can Fling Crap

What's the easiest way to get yourself a mistrial? Smear shit on your attorney and then fling it at the jury.

Yeah. Literally.

A San Diego judge has declared a mistrial in a kidnapping and assault case after the defendant smeared excrement on his lawyer's face and threw it at jurors. The judge boosted defendant Weusi McGowan's bail from $250,000 to $1 million after the Monday incident.

Prosecutor Christopher Lawson says McGowan was upset because the judge refused to remove public defender Jeffrey Martin from the case.

McGowan had smuggled a bag of feces into court and spread it on Martin's hair and face before flinging the excrement at jurors. No jurors were hit.

What a shitstorm. I bet he got himself a new lawyer, too. And probably a couple of more charges against him. Small price, really.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).