Criminal Law

I hate Video Games!

Posted on February 23, 2008
One more.  Just one more verbal outburst while screwing up at the current video-game of the month and I swear, I will scream, grab the controller and whap The Boy over the head with it! Hitting the wall on the virtual racetrack is not a matter of life or death, thank you...

Squirrel Special Forces

Posted on February 20, 2008
Squirrel Special Forces Team  (Back to Duncraft.com Home Page) TO:         Duncraft Designers FROM:     The Twin Lakes Squirrel Special Forces Team DATE:       March 18, 2007 Well, we saw The Lady (the human who lives in Salisbury, CT) opening up the package you sent her enclosing a new knob for the Duncraft platform feeder she hangs outside every morning...

And, for today?s breakfast?

Posted on February 18, 2008
from vodpod.com posted with vodpod I do not like them, Sam, I Am  With many thanks to Dr. Seuss.

And there shall follow the Hounds of Annwn?

Posted on February 18, 2008
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It shouldn?t be happening like this?

Posted on February 15, 2008
In memory of those killed, wounded, or left bereaved by the February 14, 2008 shootings at Northern Illinois University   Death is a dark and curtained door Shrouded and veiled in velvet black and scarlet And beyond, opening into the nameless, formless Light Where all of Mystery at last becomes plain Truth shining forth unmasked And Glorious...

Basketball blues

Posted on February 14, 2008
On a lighter note for a change: The Boy’s basketball team started in on the annual tournament last night.  It was amazing that they even got into the tournament, with a regular season record of 3 and 7.  They have several good players - my Boy among them - but for most of the season they’ve [...

Even closer to home.

Posted on February 12, 2008
I thought that Greg Clarke’s shooting was already too close to home, emotionally.  It just got a little closer. The man who witnessed the shooting, and who ran to give aid for what he thought at first was a heart attack was my family doctor of the last 18 years...

Windy Weather and Birds of a Feather.

Posted on February 11, 2008
It was so bloody cold out there today that the sparrows seeking shelter in the hedge by the kitchen windows looked like tennis balls with beaks, they’d fluffed their feathers out so much.  I doubt it got much over 3 or 4 degrees at best all day today, and we won’t talk about the wind [...

Defendant slugs his own lawyer | Video | Reuters.com Video

Posted on February 09, 2008
Been There. Done That.  I don’t think I’m quite so forgiving as my professional colleague here in Kentucky was.  Understanding, yes.  Forgiving?  Not so much.  from cori1047.vodpod.com posted with vodpod

Do You Know Where Your Clients Are Tonight?

Posted on February 08, 2008
Judge: Attorney?s client part of shooting investigation Feb 08, 2008 @ 03:21 PM By Corina Curry Richard Wanke?s bond was revoked on Wednesday when he became part of the investigation into the shooting death of his court-appointed attorney, Gregory Clark, a judge told Wanke today...

Yet another tragedy

Posted on February 07, 2008
Drug court lost another man to life on the streets this week.  That’s two in seven days. Unlike “Brian“, we can’t say that this one was for sure due to overdose.  “Rob” was older; a middle aged man with a long history of alcohol and cocaine abuse...

Targeted? And why?

Posted on February 07, 2008
News gets around a courthouse incredibly fast.  The official reports are still saying that “the police are questioning several people”, but as early as 9:30 this morning, the talk among the bailiffs and corrections officers and prosecutors and PDs was that the suspect was a  recent client of Clark’s, who had been set for sentencing [...

A new take on the ?obscene phone call??

Posted on February 06, 2008
This one does not  come with a photograph.  Thank god.  What was this guy thinking? Man convicted of sending penis photo by phone BERLIN (Reuters) - A 21-year-old German man has been convicted of sending a photograph of his penis to an unknown woman via mobile phone, authorities said on Wednesday...

[Local] attorney gunned down outside

Posted on February 06, 2008
[Local] attorney gunned down outside home Feb 06, 2008 @ 05:45 PM RSTAR STAFF REPORTS Attorney Gregory H. Clark, 61, was killed when he was gunned down while clearing his driveway on the northeast side of   town this afternoon.Police said Clark was shot several times in the back after a dark blue van stopped in front of his house near [...

She appears?. and then disappears. Again.

Posted on February 05, 2008
My “old friend”, the drug addict who I’ve posted about several times, did indeed get sentenced to drug court last Friday.  It was her own choice.  She knew exactly what was expected of her.  On the record in front of me, the prosecutor, and a judge who is a total asshole (that’s a story in [...

Snow and Politics

Posted on February 05, 2008
We’re in for a hell of a storm.  And a hell of a race. Predictions have gone from 4 to 6 inches a couple of days ago, to 6 to 12 as of last night, to up to 18 inches as of this evening’s 6:00 news.  That’s right.  18 f**#ing inches.  At 3:30 PM, the County [...

A Last Song For ?Brian?

Posted on February 02, 2008
 There was a note in his file, from the junior assistant public defender who was working DUI court that day.  “Holy Shit!” it said.  “Is this the kid who just got his drug SSS [Statutory Summary Suspension of a driver’s license] rescinded by Attorney M...

Musings on a Red-Tailed Hawk

Posted on January 31, 2008
She was beautiful to behold, a song on the icy wind picked out on a harp composed of sinew and feather.  She soared overhead to settle high in a bare limbed brown tree, surveying the frozen landscape as if she and she alone owned it.  When I first saw her sailing over me, wings extended [...

Brunchtime at the Feeder

Posted on January 28, 2008
We’ve had several new visitors to the Avian Diner today. Unfortunately, I was unable to catch photos of any of them, but amid the usual horde, there was at least 1 pair of Purple Finches, (a little hard to distinguish from the House finches who were also out and feeding) a Song Sparrow, a Red-Breasted [...

Ewwwww

Posted on January 28, 2008
 Where’s the rest of my mouse? HELSINKI (Reuters) - A hospital patient in Finland found a mouse head among the steamed vegetables on his plate.“Understandably, he lost his appetite,” said Sakari Kela, chief administrator at the Northern Karelia Central Hospital...

Midnight Serenade

Posted on January 28, 2008
I was getting ready to go to bed, and all at once, the sound began.  Singing in a wail upon a cold wind, punctuated by yips and moans in a lower register.  A calling into the darkness of many throats in unison, communicating something beyond mere human ken...

The Proud and the Plain

Posted on January 27, 2008
More backyard visitors caught for posterity:  First, a bird who shows his colors with pride, believes he owns the yard, and always has a comment to add to the conversation:  The Blue Jay.  I’ve known since we moved into this house that at least one pair of these claimed a corner of our woods...

Does it suit or not? You tell me

Posted on January 27, 2008
I picked up this little exercise in randomness from The Textual Deviant, a blog run by a friend of mine somewhat south and east of me. Fun. instructions: 1 - Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band...

First, Crop Circles; Now?

Posted on January 27, 2008
100 Sheep Baffle Farmer by Forming Circle in English Field Saturday, January 26, 2008 Holy sheep. About 100 woolly sheep formed a perfect ring while grazing in a field in England on Friday, baffling the farmer and other witnesses, the Daily Mail reports...

An Old ?Friend?

Posted on January 25, 2008
A woman who has been the topic of two previous posts was back again today.  Again.  The warrant on the outstanding valid drug case (the one where it really was cocaine) had been served when she got picked up on a prostitution sting.  She was born in 1976, and looks at least 12 years older than that...

Friday wrap-up

Posted on January 25, 2008
Whoooaaa!  Besides the cases detailed in Wednesday’s post, I ended up also standing in for two other attorneys who were attending a seminar this morning in pretrial court.  Talk about chaos!  Among the other cases added to my call were a 17 year old drug addict who got charged with Attempted Burglary for trying the doors [...

What Honesty Counts For

Posted on January 24, 2008
Lesson for the day:  No matter how impatient you get, no matter how long you have to wait, no matter how screwed up things are, and especially if you’re trying to cover up for your own screw-up, do not ever alter documentation that is supposed to go to your probation officer or to the Court...

And Speaking of Featherbrains?

Posted on January 23, 2008
In and among the Breakfast feeding frenzy at the Bird feeder, I managed to catch this: Mourning Dove at rest:                                                                                                         And in Flight Despite the inherent limitations of the camera at full zoom, not being able to “stop action,” she still makes a beautiful image...

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