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Title: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: bijou on January 28, 2009, 10:04:43 AM: Quote
SAN DIEGOâ€”A San Diego home-invasion robbery trial abruptly ended when the defendant suddenly smeared feces on the face of his attorney and threw defecate at jurors.

Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fraser declared a mistrial and hiked 37-year-old defendant Weusi McGowan's bail to $1 million pending a Feb. 9 hearing.

Prosecutor Christopher Lawson says McGowan was upset Monday because the judge refused to remove public defender Jeffrey Martin from the case.

McGowan had smuggled a plastic bag filled with feces into the courtroom and he spread it on Martin's hair and face before flinging the excrement toward jurors. No jurors were hit. ...
link (http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11571458)
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: djones520 on January 28, 2009, 10:11:43 AM: Ok then...
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: bijou on January 28, 2009, 10:24:39 AM: Quote from: djones520 on January 28, 2009, 10:11:43 AM
Ok then...
You do have to give him points for being enterprising enough to smuggle the bag past the guards, other than that he does appear to be crazy.
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: djones520 on January 28, 2009, 10:28:37 AM: Quote from: bijou on January 28, 2009, 10:24:39 AM
You do have to give him points for being enterprising enough to smuggle the bag past the guards, other than that he does appear to be crazy.

So do you think he shit in a platic bag, then shoved it back up his ass?
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: Wretched Excess on January 28, 2009, 10:30:15 AM: Quote from: bijou on January 28, 2009, 10:24:39 AM
You do have to give him points for being enterprising enough to smuggle the bag past the guards, other than that he does appear to be crazy.

well, it's not going to set off the metal detector, or attract the drug dogs. in a lot of ways, poo-flinging is a perfect crime. :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: Wretched Excess on January 28, 2009, 11:02:50 AM: Quote from: djones520 on January 28, 2009, 10:28:37 AM
So do you think he shit in a platic bag, then shoved it back up his ass?

you're joking, of course, right? :uhsure: :-)
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: bijou on January 28, 2009, 11:23:44 AM: Quote from: djones520 on January 28, 2009, 10:28:37 AM
So do you think he shit in a platic bag, then shoved it back up his ass?
Hmm, you know I am happy to leave the details blurry.
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: Eupher on January 28, 2009, 11:27:49 AM: I'm wondering if the perp washed his hands after he flung shit everywhere. Or maybe he just used the plastic bag as a "glove."

I'm also wondering if the judge would've slapped a contempt charge on him if the perp had included the judge in his shit-flinging exercise.
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: Wretched Excess on January 28, 2009, 11:29:28 AM: Quote from: bijou on January 28, 2009, 11:23:44 AM
Hmm, you know I am happy to leave the details blurry.

yeah, that's true. but wouldn't that be like smuggling an egg inside a chicken? um, what would be the point?
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: Chris_ on January 28, 2009, 11:32:55 AM: Is the change that Ooooobama was talking about? Normally it's the lawyers that fling sh*t. :rimshot:
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: Toastedturningtidelegs on January 28, 2009, 11:33:43 AM: Quote from: Wretched Excess on January 28, 2009, 10:30:15 AM
well, it's not going to set off the metal detector, or attract the drug dogs. in a lot of ways, poo-flinging is a perfect crime. :evillaugh:
Well you can't accuse him of "Not giving a shit" :-)
Title: Re: Mistrial after defendant smears feces on lawyer
Post by: Miss Mia on January 28, 2009, 11:35:47 AM: Quote from: Wretched Excess on January 28, 2009, 11:29:28 AM
yeah, that's true. but wouldn't that be like smuggling an egg inside a chicken? um, what would be the point?

LOL!