01.16.08
Not Guilty
If you remember, my first trial was a contested bench trial last July, which I won. My first jury trial was last September, which I won on four out of seven counts by way of required findings of not guilty, but the jury convicted on all three counts that went to them and my client was taken into custody as a result. Well, today I had another jury trial and I got to hear the jury say “NOT GUILTY” for the first time. And it was glorious. One charge, not guilty, you are free to go, ma’am. Best feeling ever. Until I started thinking about all the things I did wrong, but that’s to be expected, I suppose. I wish I could go into more detail about the shenanigans that manifested during jury selection and the prosecution’s case, but I am not totally anonymous anymore, so I am not going to.
Donzell said,
January 16, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Congrats to you! “Not Guilty” - tis the greatest two words in the English language. We will have to swap war stories soon. Drop me a line on SG.
ff said,
January 22, 2008 at 4:03 pm
grats! i still aim to hit that town soon
Doug said,
March 27, 2008 at 11:44 pm
As Jay Z said “Not guilty ya’ll got-ta feel me”