Archive for June 29, 2005
Sitting at the feet of justice
Jun 29th
I love these little anecdotes that you can find all over the web and on blogs, about "overheard at court" or "stupid things my clients say". What I also love is standing on the steps to a courthouse and listening to people vent. It reinforces my faith in humanity.
So yesterday, I’m on the steps (there are only 4) and this unidentified man was sitting there smoking a cigarette. Apparently, he had a heroin addict landlord who gave him keys to the house, but yet had him arrested for burglary and larceny. Obviously, our man wasn’t too pleased about it. To top it off, it seemed that the complainant hadn’t shown up to court on a previous ocassion – not that he’d have to - and after the usual "this is bullshit, the system is screwing me" (which I do agree happens), he said "if he doesn’t come to court three times, I’m going to have the charges thrown out. I know my laws, I’ve been in jail before."
Does anyone else have a similar law in their jurisdiction? Complainant doesn’t "show up to court" three times in a row and the charges get dismissed?
He then mumbled something about warm juice.
(somewhat) light blogging
Jun 29th
I’m currently in the midst of a week with two hearings, so blogging will be light. Also with the upcoming weekend, I might not be posting as much as I’d like.
If I ever wanted things to be more interesting, however, I’d move to Coeur d’Alene in Idaho, where I could get married and yet go to jail or be able to tell commissioners to kiss my ass for not giving me enough of a raise (i’m kidding OCPD – i got the raise, the extra money is great, thanks! Love you guys!)
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