y'all go ahead and try that, tells us how it turns out
Posted on 03/02/2018 6:16:06 PM PST by aimhigh
A DuPage County judge who fired a bullet through his apartment wall and into a unit next door was acquitted Friday of misdemeanor reckless conduct charges.
The case against Patrick O’Shea was tossed out at the midpoint of trial by Kane County Judge Keith Johnson. The judge agreed with O’Shea’s attorney, Terry Ekl, that prosecutors had failed to meet their legal burden of proof and filed a complaint against O’Shea that was legally deficient.
“There was no evidence that there was anyone even in the building when the gun went off, so it could not be reckless conduct, and he should have never been charged with reckless conduct,” Ekl said afterward.
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y'all go ahead and try that, tells us how it turns out
A judge can get away with that far easier than the average citizen. Irregardless of your reason for shooting that gun.
> There was no evidence that there was anyone even in the building when the gun went off, so it could not be reckless conduct <
What? Does that mean it’s OK to shoot into abandoned buildings? I sure am confused by all this legal stuff.
Average person, they would say how he would have known 100% what was behind the wall? He could have hit a gas line in the wall, or a water line and sparked an electrical fire.
“Your honor, my client is a judge.”
“Case dismissed.”
Now you try doing what this judge did, and see what happens.
So firing guns through walls is only reckless if people are behind the wall?
Hmmm, seems fishy.
I just love these satire articles.
Yeah, of course. If some random guy did that, you think he'd be acquitted? Not a chance.
This is just Kane looking out for DuPage. You should see what happens with Will and Lake.
This guy has a long history of bad judgment both as a county board member and judge....including his phony hair color. Nothing to see here, move along, after all, DuPage is the birthplace of The Combine.
corruption is endemic among gov‘t employees
This . . . was a magic gun.
Total b.s. The neighbors were endangered. The judge firing the gun had no way of knowing they were not there at that moment — in fact he went next door and knocked after the shot, so he believed there was at least a significant chance that humans were present.
[[“There was no evidence that there was anyone even in the building when the gun went off, so it could not be reckless conduct,]]
So- if there are no people or vehicles around, i can do burn outs and not get arrested for ‘reckless driving’?
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