Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From Marcus D. Taylor of Quitman, the Criminal District Attorney of Wood County, this excerpt from the direct examination of the defendant in a criminal sexual assault case - who had returned home at 7:00 o'clock in the morning, and was avoiding telling his wife "exactly" what he had done.

Q. And what did you do at that point?

A. My wife followed me back [to the bedroom] griping at me for being gone so long.

Q. All right. Did you tell her?

A. No, I couldn't.

Q. What did you do at that point?

A. I tried to hang myself in my closet.

Q. Okay. Were you successful? Obviously, not.

A. No.

Full post as published by Say What! on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).