Things you don't want your lawyer to say in court

[Murph]

A funny one happened in court a few years back. A couple of the local PD guys got into a pursuit with a some guys in a car, and it went in excess of 120 mph for quite some time, over some back roads, as well as interstate before they finally wrecked out. During the pursuit, the lead officer, intelligently used the zoom feature on his in car video camera, and it showed them throwing small packets from the car. Well they went to trial, and after the video was shown, the defendent #2 leaned over and in a voice that carried across the courtroom, told his lawyer: "Man, those cameras are really sharp, they got the dope we were throwing out."

Needless to say, the jury started laughing, the defense lawyer was so shocked, the told his client to "Shut the F**k up", which everyone heard, the courtroom just broke up, the judge got pissed because everyone was laughing so hard, and they ended up declaring a mistrial because the jury just could not listen to anything the lawyer said from that point on without laughing. The bailiffs told me about this one, since I was upstairs on another trial, so I went and talked to the judge in chambers, and he told me that he just about wet himself trying to keep a straight face when the crook made his comment, and then the lawyer made his. The lawyer in the case is a real bottom-feeder, and deserves all the scorn he can get heaped upon him. Imagine a pompus, slick haired lawyer who thinks his sh*t does not stink, and he is a courtroom god who will refuse no underhanded tactic to "win" and you will get an idea of this guy.

[90 5.0]

well i guess if they got off because of a miss trial it worked in his favor ????

[Murph]

They took a plea later on.

Originally Posted by 90 5.0

well i guess if they got off because of a miss trial it worked in his favor ????

[Bruce M. Morris]

I didnt think there was a legal plea for stupidity...???