"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
03/19/2015 at 09:00 • Filed to: None
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"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
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For an attorney, court shows on TV can be maddening. What happens in real life in court is nothing like what you see on the picto-cube. But once in a while, something entertaining does happen. This week's podcast contains some of my favorite examples: crazy things I've seen in court.
I've also been asked for updates on a few of my other projects which I sometimes mention in comments. I have a biography of Preston Tucker (and his car) which is being edited and will be out in early 2016. I am also just finishing up a book on the winged cars - the Charger Daytonas and the Superbirds. That might actually be out before the Tucker book but it's not up to me. Publishers do what they do once I give them the manuscript.
Anyhoo, here's this week's podcast. Things I've seen in court with my own eyes.
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And the pic above is the cockpit of a 1970 Superbird. Gotta love the horn. Press the Road Runner and hear him go Beep Beep! And the pistol grip shifter. Face it, that's what's wrong with automatic transmissions - not that they do all the work for you. It's that they don't have cool shifter grips like this
Damn kids these days.
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buford-t-justice
> SteveLehto
03/19/2015 at 09:06 |
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Wait what TV lies?
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SteveLehto
> buford-t-justice
03/19/2015 at 09:07 |
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It's not so much a lie as a fantasy. They never actually say it's true; but people do jump to that conclusion.
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buford-t-justice
> SteveLehto
03/19/2015 at 09:17 |
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When I went for Jury selection last summer, I remember someone was late coming back after a small brake and one stupid excuse for not being able to serve on the jury. I never though I would see such a look from a Crown Prosecutor.
thebigbossyboss
> SteveLehto
03/19/2015 at 09:23 |
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In Canada, there is currently a big kerfuffle over how people dress in court if you're interested.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/…
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SteveLehto
> thebigbossyboss
03/19/2015 at 09:35 |
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That whole - Covering the Face - argument is another hot one right now in some places. At least there is a basis for the argument. But people who dress disrespectfully in the court - it can be amazing.
There is a judge in a Wayne County district court who would not allow jeans - even if they were black - but she would allow ANYTHING else. The bailiffs often sent people across the street to the Goodwill store and told them to buy ANYTHING but jeans. I saw a litigant wearing pajama bottoms, I kid you not. The judge was happy. They weren't jeans.
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thebigbossyboss
> SteveLehto
03/19/2015 at 09:51 |
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". I saw a litigant wearing pajama bottoms, I kid you not" ....lol. I do not understand people. If I ever have to go to court, I hope the jurors or judge thinks I am an upstanding young man trying my best at being a model citizen. Wearing pajama bottoms is unlikely to help haha.
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SteveLehto
> thebigbossyboss
03/19/2015 at 09:54 |
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I'm guessing they were the cheapest thing the person could find in their size on short notice.
Masterwolf3
> buford-t-justice
05/01/2015 at 05:58 |
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Sorry but this struck me as so funny since it is on a sub blog of Jalop but brake is in a car. Break is to take a moment. Sorry going through some stuff I meant to get to and this comment just made me laugh.