D.C. Gun Ban Lifted

Can we give three cheers to the United States Supreme Court for its decision that the Washington D.C. gun ban is unconstitutional? Hip Hip Hurray! (Three Times of course) I've been waiting for months for this opinion to finally come down. It is a good day indeed.

Update:  When I originally wrote this post I hadn't read the actual opinion yet.  I still haven't (it's hundreds of pages long), but I've glanced at it and it was written by Scalia.  So, I was wrong in saying it was a good day; it was a GREAT day!

My first victories!

I finally won my first trials!  On Monday I had several trials scheduled and actually went through on two of them.  One was a Minor in Possession charge.  I was really glad I won that one because the kid was a real punk.  He hung himself by testifying in open court that he indeed did drink a beer on the night in question.  I had to try my hardest not to laugh out loud.  

The second trial was for speeding.  It was a close case, the defendant was trying to convince the judge that the police officer actually clocked a different car and then mistakenly identified the defendant's vehicle as the car.  I wasn't buying it, but the judge appeared to be seriously considering it, but in the end ruled in my favor.  So that was two wins in one day.  I was quite pleased.  Today I had another trial that was a no-brainer "Driving without Privileges" charge.  It took me like 5 minutes to win that one.  So my current tally is 3 and 1.  

Big Bad Prosecutor Lost. :(

The big bad prosecutor had his first trial a few days ago and lost.  It's okay though because the Chief Prosecutor pretty much knew it was a loser case since it was a Citizen complaint of speeding.  We try them anyway though since we feel like we need to give the citizen an outlet.  The good news is, I got to do a trial all by myself!