S(l)ide Show

My wife and I have been busy moving into a new house. As such, I have been less than stellar at keeping up with this thing. But all is not lost. I am still here. I shall continue to post. And the new house is turning out to be a wonderful place to live.

I had a trial today with Judge Cribble. My client was charged with five counts of making a verbal threat. She was not exactly the greatest witness, but she was probably better than the witnesses the prosecutor trotted out to testify. I was able to have the following exchange:

"Has my client ever assaulted you?"
"Yes."
"When?"
"February 4th."
"Was that the time she assaulted your teeth with her face and wound up needing reconstructive surgery?"
"Yes."

That was good stuff. Prior to my case, Judge Cribble was getting very bored with the trials. How can you tell when Judge Cribble is bored? Well, there is a large roll-down white viewing screen for projectors in the courtroom. The screen is rolled up and out of sight, but it can be lowered by flipping a switch. The switch is under or behind the judge's bench. So when Judge Cribble gets bored during a trial, he likes to flip the switch and lower this large white screen while someone is testifying. He did it twice today. Of course, that means he actually flipped the switch four times during testimony -- twice to lower it and twice to raise it. He does it mostly to get laughs from the attorneys, bailiffs, and clerks. I am sure that the people testifying about their case get a big kick out of it, too.