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Two female straekers were acquitted of indecent conduct because state law penalizes only "exposure" of the genitals, which, said the judge, almost never happens to females since their organs are mostly internal. [Vancouver Sun 2-1-02], [MSNBC-Reuters, 2-2-02]
Following a hearing in Pasadena, California, a federal appeals court ruled in January that convicted marijuana smuggler Gary H. Marolf (who is now serving 10 years in prison) was entitled to $400,000 compensation because drug agents had not given him a required document when they legally confiscated the boat he used for smuggling. Agents were required to give the boat owner formal "legal notice" of the confiscation but gave it to Marolf's co-defendant instead, and when it was revealed that Marolf was the sole owner, the agents failed to follow up. (The boat brought only $100,000 when it was subsequently sold at auction} [Pasadena Star-News, 1-20-02]
A judge in Hull, Quebec, ordered a stripper-defendant to sit in the very back of the courtroom in November theft trial, in that a witness was having trouble testifying because the dancer flirted with him constantly from the defense table. The witness, professional gambler Terry Leblanc, 34, had said the woman was his first real girl friend and the taker of his virginity and that he remained smitten with her that in an earlier court appearance, he literally swooned on the stand as she continually winked and air-kissed him. [Edmonton Journal-Canadian Press, 11-10-01]
In October, Kew Gardens, N.Y., rape defendant William Scott sucker-punched his lawyer Harold Ehretrew in the face because, as he explained to the judge, "{T}his man is not doing his job. That's why I had to smack the "s***," {according to a New York Post report} out of him in front of these jurors." Observers believe that Scott was perturbed that damning DNA evidence had just been admitted against him. [New York Post, 10-30-01]
In January, murder defendant Ernest Spann, 35, an 11th-grade drop out serving as his own lawyer {dressed throughout the trial in his prison uniform because he is serving a 10-year setence on drug charges}, embarrassed a prosecutor by convincing a jury in Tampa, Fla, to acquit him in less than three hours of deliberation. At an earlier trial, Spann (with the help of a public defender earned a hung jury, but he told the judge this time that he thought he could do better by himself. [Tampa Tribune, 1-22-02]
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