One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for January 08, 2024

He’s listening jn braille.

Yup! My father watched Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock religiously.

Objection! Council is leading the witness.

Nick, I think you were just overruled!

Incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial, and improper questioning in that it takes up matters not part of the direct examination.

Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea ! (How’s that for legalese?)

My first jury duty was under the old rules, where I had to wait around for two weeks to find a trial before I would have been released. Right at the end of that time they put me on a trial, by which time I had run out of the provided bus tickets. Before I could get more tickets, the jury attendant wanted to know which judge it was, but I couldn’t remember. She started listing off judges, and I wanted to say, “Objection. Leading.”

Watching court on TV much better then in the court room. I learned what not to do by the bad ones taking advantage of the good ones. I know defendant and Plantive.

At least it’s not Perry Mason.

Well, that certainly wasn’t vague or ambiguous!