u/madcats323

See my post about the pantheon of stupid prosecutor shit.

Guilty. Sucks but not entirely surprising.

Talked to the jury afterwards and they wanted to know what was in the 911 call in the parts they weren’t allowed to hear. Stupid fucking prosecutor was still trying to keep me from talking about it.

I told them all the crazy shit my client said on the call that I believe could have negated at least one element and they were shocked. “Welcome to justice,” I told them and left the prosecutor with them to explain why they weren’t allowed to hear relevant evidence.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

Just finished a trial. It's not a strong case for my client. Our best argument is that it's a single-witness case and the witness was kind of all over the place on the stand but there's a lot of physical evidence that doesn't look good.

But during direct of the witness, the DA shows a photo to them and asks them to identify a dark patch on the floor. Witness says it's a shadow from a piece of furniture and you can see the DA's gears grind to a panicked halt because she wants the witness to say it's a smear of blood.

She doesn't need that particular patch of blood to make the case. There's blood all over the place. But she doesn't like to be wrong and she's determined to make the witness say the "right" thing, so she falls all over herself trying to get the desired answer, while I say, "objection, asked and answered," "objection, leading," "objection, argumentative," and finally, "objection, badgering the witness," all being sustained and the judge finally exasperatedly telling her to move on and the witness tells her, "there wasn't any blood in that spot!"

The jurors are clearly baffled.

But she can't let it go. So in her closing argument, she shows the photo again, and tells the jury that the witness is mistaken, she's wrong, she's probably confused, and it's definitely blood, and she just hammers the point.

Again, it's not a strong case for me, but I was able to start my closing argument by pointing out that, "The People have already told you their only witness is wrong about the evidence she testified to..."

We'll see how it goes but I'm still floored that a prosecutor would insist their only witness was unreliable over something that doesn't matter at all.

Sometimes I get a complaint and I can visualize the entire thing, like a movie playing out in front of me.

Count 1: Hit and run

Count 2: Evading

Count 3: DUI

Count 4: Resisting arrest

Count 5: Bringing drugs into the jail

Not the exact charges because I would never use an actual case, but you get the idea.

This is such a strange job.

I've tried to edit this twice because it won't hold my spacing. The lack of line breaks is not for lack of trying.

I never had a pony. I wanted one so badly. I learned to ride on other people’s ponies, starting when I was about 8, and that was wonderful, but I wanted my own.

I got my first horse when I was 10. He was a little glossy black Morgan, an absolute angel, and he was only 14.1, so he was pony sized, but a horse breed so technically not a pony. He was the light of my world, and the one being that makes me hold onto a slim belief in an afterlife, because I want to see him again so badly, but he wasn’t a pony.

My next horse was 15 hands, and they’ve grown ever since. I’m 65 now and have a 16 hand TB, but I still want a pony. Absolutely silly, but I see ponies and I get all nostalgic. I haven’t the faintest idea what I’d do with one. I suppose maybe drive.

Any other adults who still stubbornly want a pony? Please tell me I’m not alone!

Omg, this thread is a treasure! You all are great!

I haven’t bought a horse in 17 years. Craigslist in my area is very sketchy for horse ads. I don’t have a lot of contacts (but have the word out with those I have).

I’m just looking for a sane horse for pleasure and trail riding. I’m not looking for a project, grade is fine.

Where are people listing these days?

Thanks.

Edited to add: I’m in the U.S. Sorry about that.

Edit 2: Thank you all. Looks like Facebook is the way to go, but with a lot of care. I’m not in a rush so I’ll see how it goes.