I was at a hearing this morning in a local court; and the way this works is that there are five cases set for nine o'clock, which wouldn't be a bad thing because jockeying for position would not be that difficult, but there are five cases set every five minutes for about two hours. Then the judge comes out into the courtroom and starts conducting business. Admittedly, many of the "hearings" involve preliminary matters, in which the judge is not involved; so, sometimes, I can get out in a couple minutes. Today, I had to wait for the judge. The judge sentenced a few people while I waited to be called to get an arrest warrant recalled and bail that had been posted reinstated.
Listening to other lawyers is not my bag. I was doing some work on my tablet pc, which was totally cool in that environment because other lawyers wondered what I was doing. So, I showed them. They were like all impressed with my technologically-advanced state of legal advocacy.
But there was an attorney standing in front of the judge with his client trying to explain why his client should not go to prison. "I venomently object to the probation officer's characterization of the defendant as a career criminal, your Honor."
Venomently?
I recognized the defendant. The guy is a snake, come to think of it.
is the BAR like the SAT's, where there is a vocabular section? well, that's assuming he passed the BAR.
Posted by: mark at May 18, 2005 06:17 PMI like it. Goes with the phrase "an exuberant flow of money". :)
Posted by: Joel at May 21, 2005 12:02 AMBeing smarter than the person you are defending should be a requirement. Sounds like in this case it was a pretty even match.
Posted by: KathyHowe at May 22, 2005 04:56 PMa cross between vehemently & violently? (La Princessa de Todo is studying for finals, including vocab., so I'm getting more blends than usual.)
But I like your response best.
Posted by: liz at May 28, 2005 07:32 PM