The last statement made by the defendant on direct examination:
. . . but I'm not guilty this time!"Muhahahaha
Adopting the Old Rule as the New
When I became a lawyer I don't recall being told that I lost my 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech. However, it appears that the Virginia Bar has decided that ...
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This is from early this year at the University of David A. Clarke Law School. It was a symposium titled "Life After the War on Drugs." ...
The last statement made by the defendant on direct examination:
. . . but I'm not guilty this time!"Muhahahaha
One of my favorite responses:
Q: Why haven't you paid your fines?
A: I don't work & my husband's disabled.
Q: What's the nature of your husband's disability?
A: Oh he's not....he's just lazy and sorry.
Priceless.
I can't tell you the number of times a client has wanted to use this as a defense when I was a public defender: Listen, I pled guilty every other time I was arrested. Since I am not pleading guilty this time, that should be proof that I didn't commit the crime.