"Amazingly, Finnerty refused to testify in his own trial."
Lawyers will advise you to do that if you have another trial pending, since anything you say there can and will be used against you later. If his lawyers let him testify in that misdemeanor trial, they would have been grossly negligent.
All true, and since it was perfectly clear that the conviction was a done deal, there was nothing to gain and everything to lose - especially in view of the fact that it could easily have come in because one of the terms of his original deal was that there be no further arrests.
I meant to address my "he's not a punk" comment to Krankor, not you. Sorry, haven't had any coffee yet. LOL.
Wait a minute. You're the one who gave the big speech about truth, justice and the American way. How we really don't know what went on before the altercation. How the mean, nasty, crooked judge wouldn't allow certain testimony. I mean, after that big speech of yours, it's just kinda ironic to learn Finnerty didn't take the opportunity to reveal "the truth". By the way, Collin asked for a bench trial.