How to Take Your Case to a Higher Court
Friday, January 16th, 2009 • Filed under Drugs
If you’re going to court where prosecutors are looking to throw the book at you for breaking the law, here’s some good advice: don’t give them the book.
One man learned that lesson the hard way when he was caught carrying marijuana into a courthouse on the day of his prosecution, according to the Laurinburg Exchange.
Anyone care to guess what charge he was facing when he had a rainforest of pot on his person? That’s right, good ol’ fashioned drug possession.
The defendant had the weed hidden in a coat he was wearing. He claimed the coat wasn’t his when he was wearing, which is high likely since it’s hard to remember which clothes are yours when you are high.
Sheriff’s deputies told the newspaper that this was not a common occurrence. If it was, the DA’s office would just go home early every day and offer opening and closing statements to the jury that consistent only of the word “Winner.”