Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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Jalestra
September 1989 - Let's Be Particularly Careful Out There
Edward W. Lavin of San Antonio sends this trial excerpt which involves his good friend, Gus Fennerty. The case is a "DWI" case where the defendant, an elderly female, steadfastly pleaded "not guilty"; the prosecutor is examining the arresting officer:
Q. Now, officer, where was the defendant when you first encountered her?
A. She was still in her car, with the motor running, and the car was off the road and straddling a large log with all four wheels off the ground and spinning.
Q. And what about this incident led you to suspect that the defendant was intoxicated?
A. I climbed on the log and knocked on her window, which was closed. She rolled the window down and gave me a strange look, then looked at her speedometer. Then she looked up again and said, "How can you be keeping up with me. I'm doing 40 miles an hour?"
Edward notes that the defendant changed her plea "immediately after this testimony."
Edward W. Lavin of San Antonio sends this trial excerpt which involves his good friend, Gus Fennerty. The case is a "DWI" case where the defendant, an elderly female, steadfastly pleaded "not guilty"; the prosecutor is examining the arresting officer:
Q. Now, officer, where was the defendant when you first encountered her?
A. She was still in her car, with the motor running, and the car was off the road and straddling a large log with all four wheels off the ground and spinning.
Q. And what about this incident led you to suspect that the defendant was intoxicated?
A. I climbed on the log and knocked on her window, which was closed. She rolled the window down and gave me a strange look, then looked at her speedometer. Then she looked up again and said, "How can you be keeping up with me. I'm doing 40 miles an hour?"
Edward notes that the defendant changed her plea "immediately after this testimony."
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- Barely Dressed Yep, that's its name. I'm not a nice person, I'm a good person, just not a nice one. The two are not synonymous. I have no tact, no diplomacy and I'm old enough to quit giving a shit in trying to having either. I'm 33, btw. Hence the name BarelyDressed. It's presentable, but not what you want to see in nice company. I have 2 girls, one is 13 (H), one is 5 (M) and 3 boys, 15 (C) and 2 months (V) and 1 (D). I have a husband (S). We live in south Texas.