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JURY OUT IN LEYRITZ

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

North of the Border the jury is out in the Jim Leyritz trial. We can't call it a DUI/Manslaughter trial because the Judge JOA'd the state on that one. A Driving with Unlawful Blood Alcohol Level (UBAL) Manslaughter charge is the only felony remaining. Say what you want about Dave Bogenschutz, but he earned his fee in this one. He did a great job no matter what the outcome. We still can't figure out how he got the issue of the decedent's impairment out before the jury when the judge had ruled it inadmissible pre-trial. DOM posits that Supreme Court Judges are tech-deficient. What do you do when you get arrested after bringing a gun to the drug deal set up by your stripper girlfriend? Well if you're a Federal Judge you plead guilty, and probably avoid the 924(c) 5 year consecutive minimum mandatory for using a firearm during the commission of a felony...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 18, 2010 (boomark / email).