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D.A. Confronts 'Jury Pool From Hell'
Sounds worse then O.J.'s.MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Defense attorney Leslie Ballin called it the "jury pool from hell." The group of prospective jurors was summoned to listen to a case of Tennessee trailer park violence. Right after jury selection began last week, one man got up and left, announcing, "I'm on morphine and I'm higher than a kite." You can't beat Tennessee trailer park violence trials. But this would've been a jury of their peers. When the prosecutor asked if anyone had been convicted of a crime, a prospective juror said that he had been arrested and taken to a mental hospital after he almost shot his nephew. He said he was provoked because his nephew just would not come out from under the bed. C'mon. He didn't shoot him, he almost shot him. He should've been seated. Another would-be juror said he had had alcohol problems and was arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer. "I should have known something was up," he said. "She had all her teeth." That's a telltale sign, Billy Bob. Another prospect volunteered he probably should not be on the jury: "In my neighborhood, everyone knows that if you get Mr. Ballin (as your lawyer), you're probably guilty." He was not chosen. Mr. Ballin must get paid in abandoned refrigerators or pit bull puppies or something. The case involved a woman accused of hitting her brother's girlfriend in the face with a brick. Ballin's client was found not guilty. A big win for Leslie Ballin, Esq. Posted by: tu3031 2005-01-19 |
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