The Harvard one I believe, or am I thinking of another stuffed prop?
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. “He’s a very sensitive guy, has law degrees from Yale, Harvard and Stanford,” Abbott told Pitkin County Court Judge Erin Fernandez-Ely. “I think he’ll 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 hearing’s outcome. Fernandez-Ely casually ignored its presence when Abbott introduced it, and she moved along with the court’s business. Abbott’s 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 Stranahan’s home to collect some belongings.
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I'm glad to see that legalized pot isn't having any negative effects on Colorado.
The Harvard one I believe, or am I thinking of another stuffed prop?
Still better than Mark Geragos.
A man represented by a bird has a fowl for a client.
You should be shot.
I’d bet the stuffed owl didn’t give a hoot, any more than a public defender would have.
Or given a Nobel Prize.
How 'bout ~both~?
Ok, this is hilarious!!
This deserves a chuckle!!
I guess this Colorado man ran a-fowl of the law.
In Aspen Colorado, owl stuffs you!
In San Francisco...
He is in a ten-piece bucket of trouble.
“Your honor, this owl is my higher power.”
Suddenly alcoholism sounds a lot better.
> 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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