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A Colorado Man Used a Stuffed Owl Named "Solomon" as His Defense Attorney. It Was Not a Hoot.
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Posted on 05/24/2015 1:23:55 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
I'm no legal expert, but something tells me this isn't exactly a great move for your case. From Arbroath:
Charles Abbott arrived at court in Aspen, Colorado, on Tuesday with a stuffed owl and placed it on the defence table in front of him. Hes a very sensitive guy, has law degrees from Yale, Harvard and Stanford, Abbott told Pitkin County Court Judge Erin Fernandez-Ely. I think hell be able to represent me before a public defender comes online. But the fluffy horned owl that Abbott called Solomon, had no influence on the hearings outcome. Fernandez-Ely casually ignored its presence when Abbott introduced it, and she moved along with the courts business. Abbotts court appearance was to address a protection order that took effect after he was accused of assaulting his former roommate, Michael Stranahan, at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on May 9. Authorities again arrested Abbott, 67, on Saturday on suspicion of violating the court order by going to Stranahans home to collect some belongings.
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TOPICS: Local News; Society
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Thank to Gefn for this story!
I'm glad to see that legalized pot isn't having any negative effects on Colorado.
To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Hes a very sensitive guy, has law degrees from Yale, Harvard and Stanford,The Harvard one I believe, or am I thinking of another stuffed prop?
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05/24/2015 1:25:28 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
To: Slings and Arrows
Still better than Mark Geragos.
To: Slings and Arrows
A man represented by a bird has a fowl for a client.
To: nickcarraway
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05/24/2015 1:30:54 AM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(We are vain and we are blind/I hate people when they're not polite.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I’d bet the stuffed owl didn’t give a hoot, any more than a public defender would have.
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posted on
05/24/2015 1:31:43 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: FredZarguna
To: Slings and Arrows; Smokin' Joe; FredZarguna
Attorney: Who Who
Judge: Your client
Attorney: Who Who
To: nickcarraway; FredZarguna
"Or given a Nobel Prize."
How 'bout ~both~?
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posted on
05/24/2015 1:41:42 AM PDT
by
shibumi
("Walk Through the Fire, Fly Through the Smoke")
To: Slings and Arrows
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/24/2015 1:56:07 AM PDT
by
Catsrus
To: nickcarraway
This deserves a chuckle!!
I guess this Colorado man ran a-fowl of the law.
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posted on
05/24/2015 1:58:28 AM PDT
by
Catsrus
To: nickcarraway
Attorney: Who Who
Judge: Your client
Attorney: Who Who
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posted on
05/24/2015 2:08:19 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
To: Slings and Arrows
Now I may be just be a simple country Hyper-Chicken, but I know when we're finger licked.
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posted on
05/24/2015 2:33:41 AM PDT
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Trillian
To: Slings and Arrows
In Aspen Colorado, owl stuffs you!
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posted on
05/24/2015 2:36:10 AM PDT
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Ken H
To: Ken H
In Aspen Colorado, owl stuffs you!In San Francisco...
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posted on
05/24/2015 2:52:18 AM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
To: Trillian
He is in a ten-piece bucket of trouble.
To: Slings and Arrows
“Your honor, this owl is my higher power.”
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posted on
05/24/2015 3:13:59 AM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(I'm very sad for my country. Personally, I've never been happier.)
To: VerySadAmerican
Suddenly alcoholism sounds a lot better.
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posted on
05/24/2015 3:28:28 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Nimue" - https://youtu.be/NHq7CtM9QMA | Facebook ID: Hopalong Q Ginsberg)
To: huldah1776
> Anyone know if a public defender has ever won a case?
I thought their job was to convince the client to go with the option that results in the highest assesed fine opyion and generate the most revenue for the court system not assist the defendant
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