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D.A. Confronts 'Jury Pool From Hell'
Associated Press ^ | January 18, 2005

Posted on 01/18/2005 2:08:23 PM PST by Dog Gone

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it the "jury pool from hell."

The group of prospective jurors was summoned to listen to a case of Tennessee trailer park violence.

Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left, announcing, "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."

When the prosecutor asked if anyone had been convicted of a crime, a prospective juror said that he had been arrested and taken to a mental hospital after he almost shot his nephew. He said he was provoked because his nephew just would not come out from under the bed.

Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."

Another prospect volunteered he probably should not be on the jury: "In my neighborhood, everyone knows that if you get Mr. Ballin (as your lawyer), you're probably guilty." He was not chosen.

The case involved a woman accused of hitting her brother's girlfriend in the face with a brick. Ballin's client was found not guilty.


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1 posted on 01/18/2005 2:08:57 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: dead
Another prospect volunteered he probably should not be on the jury: "In my neighborhood, everyone knows that if you get Mr. Ballin (as your lawyer), you're probably guilty." He was not chosen.

BAHAHAHA!!!

2 posted on 01/18/2005 2:10:15 PM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: Dog Gone

What happened? Did the O.J. Simpson jury relocate to Memphis?


3 posted on 01/18/2005 2:10:48 PM PST by peyton randolph (CAIR supports TROP terrorists)
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To: Dog Gone
"I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."

LMAO! What a country!

4 posted on 01/18/2005 2:13:57 PM PST by Cagey
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To: AppyPappy
The case involved a woman accused of hitting her brother's girlfriend in the face with a brick. Ballin's client was found not guilty.

I'm sure the wrongly accused is currently out searching for the real brick swinger!

Thanks for the ping. This article is priceless.

5 posted on 01/18/2005 2:16:00 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Dog Gone
Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth."

This is hysterical!

6 posted on 01/18/2005 2:16:19 PM PST by calex59
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To: Dog Gone

Remember the "good ol' days" when a jury was drawn from registered voters, and not anybody with a drivers lisc?????


7 posted on 01/18/2005 2:17:15 PM PST by litehaus
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To: Dog Gone
"I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."

Wow, I'm going to have to try a line like that next time I get pegged for jury duty.

9 posted on 01/18/2005 2:18:45 PM PST by SoDak (I am a raindog too)
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To: Dog Gone

Ah yes, another fine jury pool of 100% democrat party voters. All set to hear a complicated medical malpractice case.


10 posted on 01/18/2005 2:19:15 PM PST by FormerACLUmember
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To: Dog Gone

My wife will be in this jury pool Feb 7. They got me last year.


11 posted on 01/18/2005 2:19:46 PM PST by packrat35 (reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
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To: Dog Gone

Just another day for AP reporting on red state voters. If AP would look into the crimes that go on in mega-blue Massachusetts, they might really be shocked.


13 posted on 01/18/2005 2:20:17 PM PST by xJones
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I like George Carlin's method. He says he told the judge, "Your honor let me on that jury, I can tell if the bastard is guilty just by looking at him".
14 posted on 01/18/2005 2:20:28 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Dog Gone

Glad to see the faith all these posters have in their fellow man and, implicitly, the democratic process.

This article is funny, but statistically anamolous.

I would expect such groupings to be far more common if one were taking ones samples from the typcial local college's humanities faculty.

:P


15 posted on 01/18/2005 2:20:31 PM PST by JFK_Lib
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To: SoDak

> I'm going to have to try a line like that next time I get pegged for jury duty.

George Carlin had some good ones...

"I'm prejudiced agaisnt all races."
"I'd make a good juror cuz I can spot the guilty just like [snap] *that*."
"That's him! He's the one!"


16 posted on 01/18/2005 2:20:57 PM PST by orionblamblam
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To: Dog Gone

Character assasination is a practice better left to the practiced.


17 posted on 01/18/2005 2:21:07 PM PST by Old Professer (When the fear of dying no longer obtains no act is unimaginable.)
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To: nuconvert; cyborg

Haha Ping!


18 posted on 01/18/2005 2:21:20 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
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To: Dog Gone

Where are all the good assassins when you need them?


19 posted on 01/18/2005 2:21:41 PM PST by Old Professer (When the fear of dying no longer obtains no act is unimaginable.)
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To: Dog Gone
Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left, announcing, "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite."

HAHAHAHAHA!!
20 posted on 01/18/2005 2:21:58 PM PST by Jaysun (If you disagree with me it's a clear indication that you're wrong.)
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