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Man convicted of raping unconscious woman 'killed himself' with his own testimony, lawyer says
http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2014/12/man_convicted_of_raping_uncons.html#comments ^

Posted on 01/15/2015 3:39:13 PM PST by MNDude

A Huntsville man doomed by his own testimony, according to his lawyer, was convicted today of raping a woman passed out in the bathroom during a Fourth of July party last year.

Jason Scott McNeal, 36, was convicted of first-degree rape - having sex with a person unable to consent because they were physically helpless or mentally incapacitated - after the jury deliberated for more than two hours.

McNeal's father testified on his son's behalf, telling jurors the younger McNeal was not a violent person. But his claim was likely undermined for the jury after McNeal's father admitted on cross-examination that his son had shot him in 2001.

Madison County Assistant District Attorney Tim Gann said the victim in the case didn't remember much of the incident, which occurred during a Fourth of July block party on O'Fallon Drive in Huntsville in 2013.

She had too much to drink, Gann said, and went to a nearby house because she wasn't feeling well. She went into the bathroom and threw up, then passed out on the bathroom floor, Gann said.

A friend of hers came by looking for her a little while later, according to testimony, and she saw through the partially opened door that the victim was passed out in a pool of vomit and McNeal was having sex with her.

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Who does this guy make you think of?
1 posted on 01/15/2015 3:39:13 PM PST by MNDude
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Larry’s Good Conscience v. Larry’s Evil Conscience. A hilarious scene that I can’t possibly post.


2 posted on 01/15/2015 3:43:08 PM PST by colorado tanker
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His lawyer should not have put him on the stand, if he thought it was going to undermine his case. A defense attorney has to be aware of what his client is going to say.


3 posted on 01/15/2015 3:43:19 PM PST by proxy_user
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bubba clinton......... never let a passed out babe go to waste


4 posted on 01/15/2015 3:44:05 PM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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Bill Cosby?


5 posted on 01/15/2015 3:45:01 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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Two “Bill’s” come to mind. Which one?


6 posted on 01/15/2015 3:46:06 PM PST by Sasparilla (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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You beat me to it. I was going to suggest that the convict be given the William Jefferson Clinton Conscience and Character award.
7 posted on 01/15/2015 3:46:26 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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I’ve heard so much defending of BC, that it almost comes as a surprise to see a man on trial for raping a passed out woman.


8 posted on 01/15/2015 3:47:27 PM PST by MNDude
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McNeal's father testified on his son's behalf, telling jurors the younger McNeal was not a violent person. But his claim was likely undermined for the jury after McNeal's father admitted on cross-examination that his son had shot him in 2001.

Oh those wacky Amish.

9 posted on 01/15/2015 3:47:41 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Hint, his last name begins with the letter “C” and contains two syllables.


10 posted on 01/15/2015 3:49:17 PM PST by MNDude
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McNeal is white


11 posted on 01/15/2015 3:49:27 PM PST by Pelham (WWIII. Islam vs the West)
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Cosby is the guy that likes them unconscious, or drugged into immobility.


12 posted on 01/15/2015 3:49:32 PM PST by ansel12 (Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
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she saw through the partially opened door that the victim was passed out in a pool of vomit and McNeal was having sex with her.

Words fail me.

What took the jury two hours to decide this? Were they delaying to get a free lunch?

13 posted on 01/15/2015 3:50:15 PM PST by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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His lawyer should not have put him on the stand, if he thought it was going to undermine his case. A defense attorney has to be aware of what his client is going to say.

Read the article:

"Robert Shipman, who represented McNeal, said his client "killed himself on the witness stand." Shipman had told the court, with the jury present, that he was not going to call any more witnesses. At that point, McNeal stood up and demanded to exercise his constitutional right to testify, his lawyer said."

14 posted on 01/15/2015 3:57:39 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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Just damn. And in Huntsville. Probably an immigrant. Huntsville is very close to the Tennessee border, and well, you know how those Tennesseans are...


15 posted on 01/15/2015 3:57:42 PM PST by saleman (?)
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...the victim was passed out in a pool of vomit and McNeal was having sex with her.

Yeah, that's what I look for in a woman - passed out in a pool of vomit. Gets me hot every time.

16 posted on 01/15/2015 3:58:23 PM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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McNeal's father admitted on cross-examination that his son had shot him in 2001.

Maybe he did it casually, not violently.

17 posted on 01/15/2015 3:58:52 PM PST by Tax-chick ("A war is not over until the enemy stops fighting." ~ Thomas Sowell)
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The father says his son isn't violent even though he had shot him in 2001. Sounds familiar...

Interviewer: Stig, I've been told Dinsdale Piranha nailed your head to the floor.
Stig: No, no. Never, never. He was a smashing bloke. He used to give his mother flowers and that. He was like a brother to me.
Interviewer: But the police have film of Dinsdale actually nailing your head to the floor.
Stig: Oh yeah, well - he did that, yeah.

18 posted on 01/15/2015 4:00:17 PM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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some brotherly love huh.


19 posted on 01/15/2015 4:01:19 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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bang, oh ‘scuse me


20 posted on 01/15/2015 4:01:48 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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