And Morales lied his @ss off under oath while testifying.
"During cross-examination, however, defense attorney John Kelliher asked the elder Morales why, if the episode had affected his life so adversely, he had never sought medical or psychological treatment. And he pointed out that while Arturo Morales testified that he was now afraid of guns, he acknowledged he had gone on hunting excursions since the 2004 incident.
Kelliher also noted that Morales had made previous statements that his 9-year-old granddaughter started crying not because she thought Barnett would shoot her, but because she was afraid her grandfather was going to be arrested.
And the attorney hammered away at the fact that Morales, an experienced hunter with a long history in the area, was never certain as to whose land he was on.
During his opening remarks to the jury, Kelliher said only one member of the Morales party had a valid license to hunt on Oct. 30, 2004. He noted that the date marked the first day of hunting season, and that Roger Barnett has a long-established history of not allowing hunters to use his land without written permission.
Furthermore, Kelliher said Arturo Morales had had a previous encounter with Roger Barnett in which he was cited by a sheriff's deputy for hunting on Barnett's property. Therefore, the attorney said, Morales knew well before the 2004 confrontation that Barnett restricted hunting on his ranch." - The Daily Dispatch.
Apparently, the jury dis-agrees with you.
***"During cross-examination, however, defense attorney John Kelliher asked the elder Morales why, if the episode had affected his life so adversely, he had never sought medical or psychological treatment.***
Why should he seek treatment. He is a U.S. Citizen in lawful prsuit of game on GOVERNMENT LAND.
And it is NOT LAWFUL or right for ANY U.S. CITIZEN to be arrested for lawful access on government land.
Check the government rules yourself.
Too many ranchers, timber men and mining interests have attempted to deny access to as much government land as possible. They think that because they have leased the rights they now "own" the land.
This fight has been going on for over 35 years between land leasee's and Sportsmen hunting game.