Agree - it's an obvious "Guilty"....there can't possibly be another 12 people without listening skills, logic and the ability to add 1+1 in the country can there?
Serious question: Besides this miscarriage of justice, has Jose ever actually won a case?? :waitasec:
Imagine the knowledge he gleaned (cough, cough, NOT!) from his work on the case. I imagine this might be his list for "How to win a case without really trying"
1. Always say good morning to the jury. They may be stupid enough to think you are sincere and are not doing it for self serving purposes
2. Butcher paper and sharpies in as many colors as possible are guaranteed jury pleasers! They will out dazzle any well planned out power point presentation
3. So glad I was never such a grate spellir. This had those Pinellas jurers eating out of my hands. It is iornic that the prosecutors and their fancy high class, properly spelled exhibits paled in comparison to mine. I think the jurers couldn't spell either and this made them feel sorry for me
4. Remember how Columbo always played dumb? That was a great show. I wasn't really playing but I think I sometimes came off just like Columbo. I even asked Perry to let me wear a trench coat in court but he said no.
Seriously, the fact that he looked like he was teaching me how to do law was so helpful because my friends the jurers felt even more sorry for me. They were rooting for the underdog!
5. Note that the last four instructions will only work if you have a jury with no inkling to apply reason or logic to their verdict. They have to care more about desserts, pretzels, smoke breaks (be sure to call them "special" breaks), hockey games, movies, and getting home for the 4th of July. If you are lucky enough to find that jury, then by golly it doesn't matter how guilty your client is, they will acquit!