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And that's what we call the Bill of Rights. . .

By Scoplaw

Got the 4th motion today - the state promptly nolle prossed the case, so no jury trial.  Either I'm more tired than I thought or the state's argument didn't make any sense.  I mean, usually I can frame the state's arguments myself (and so prepare for them), but this one I just couldn't follow.  Which is irksome, because I think it sort of made sense.  Maybe.  But I can't tell.  There was one moment at the podium where I actually said, "Your Honor, I'd like to respond, but I have no idea why the state is arguing that particular point."  No matter though - we got the outcome we were after.  And we probably couldn't have done it (the motion was a bit of a stretch initially) if we hadn't been helped out by the officer who became trapped in a lie on the stand and thus shot himself down in front of the judge...continue to full post

Full post as published by Scoplaw on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).