Client showed up for trial- 30 minutes late, but before the courtroom opened. Client agreed to waive the jury. The only issue was whether client possessed a gun while he was selling drugs. It was found in another room, in a closet. The prosecutor was very cool- he agreed that my client should not be charged with the gun, but could not dismiss the count on his own. So he didn't even call the officer who found the gun. The two officers he did call were just to establish the drug dealing. NG on the gun; G on the drugs. Great outcome for my client. Conviction for Mr. Prosecutor. Ten minute trial.
I'm reading "Courtroom 302" now. A case like the above makes me wish we had Chicago-style stip trials.
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