And that's what we call the Bill of Rights. . .

Got the 4th motion today - the state promptly nolle prossed the case, so no jury trial.  Either I'm more tired than I thought or the state's argument didn't make any sense.  I mean, usually I can frame the state's arguments myself (and so prepare for them), but this one I just couldn't follow.  Which is irksome, because I think it sort of made sense.  Maybe.  But I can't tell.  There was one moment at the podium where I actually said, "Your Honor, I'd like to respond, but I have no idea why the state is arguing that particular point."  No matter though - we got the outcome we were after.  And we probably couldn't have done it (the motion was a bit of a stretch initially) if we hadn't been helped out by the officer who became trapped in a lie on the stand and thus shot himself down in front of the judge.  Thank you officer.   

My blogging has slacked since I started the job, I know, but I'm taking a 15 min break at 7:36pm to note such.  I got here this morning at 7:15 or so.  Take out a half hour for lunch and that's a long day of being on your feet in court, followed by mad trial-prep.  And there's more to go.  Apologies to all for not writing/calling anyone this week - the sickness sucked up all my free time.  I am feeling better now though.  And my trial partner only sounds like he's trying to cough up 1/3rd of his lung.  So there's improvement all around. 

Tomorrow is another trial day, and while we're set for trial, I also expect we'll both be glad to see Thurs. and Fri. come around (unless, of course, we're rolling a trial case along.) 

In other news, I have shaved off the beard.  This has prompted a lot of interested inquiries.  The anwser I think it's best to use, when responding to the various, "Why did you do it?" questions, is "Spiritual crisis."  But seriously - the hair grows, it gets cut, sometimes very close to the skin, sometimes a bit further out.  I think that makes me pretty much no different than anybody else out there.

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