Bridging the Gap!

Well I really don't have much to say at the moment, but I feel like I need to bridge the gap in between my updates, besides I'm bored.  

I'm officially and technically over with my externship, but I've continued to work at the Prosecutor's Office because it's great experience, and they have me lined up for some jury trials. My first being July 23rd.

I'm prosecuting some old man who rented a car from a dealership, and never brought it back. When I tell it in summary everyone always say, "awww, I bet he was just senile and forgot to take it back."  No, trust me, this guy is as guilty as the day is long.  All of the information he gave the car dealership was conveniently false, and thus he couldn't be contacted or found.  The police finally caught him.  Plus, the guy has a rap sheet of thefts and frauds.  Now, I just hope the jury buys it.

I've decided to graduate early and I've been hustling to get things figured out in order to make it happen.  I have to apply late for graduation and pay a bunch of late fees (dang those communists), and I had to get special permission to take more than the maximum allowable credits, 20 instead of 18.  I'm going to have a very busy fall, but then I can take the bar in the winter and start working a whole semester early.  I think it will be worth the extra effort.  I am sick of school and just want to start making money and working on getting a house.

The kids have been crazy this week.  They have been sooooo naughty, you can't even leave them for 10 minutes alone or they will tear the place up where they stand.  I am currently sitting in the living room, right between their two rooms, typing this blog, and waiting for them both to quit crying, and quit trying to sneak out of their rooms, or in other words fall asleep.  Every few minutes I'll hear Soren start to sneak out of his room whimpering and I have to snap at him to get back in his room.  Ahh, the joys of being the father.

Well I guess my boredom pulled more creativity out of me than I had planned.  Hope you're all feeling well.  Don't forget to put a comment on my blog if you visit it.  It motivates me to write more. :)

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!

Big Bad Prosecutor.

I started my externship at the Gem County Prosecutor's Office today, and also learned that my application for my limited license was accepted.  So I am officially a limited licensed attorney.  It was a pretty good day for the most part.  I had to read lots of case files about a lot of things I'd rather not know, but its all part of the job I guess.  Tomorrow I get to spend all day in court which will be a lot more fun than sitting at a desk reading case files.  Other than that not a lot is going on here.  Its been hotter than a pistol outside.  I'm really feeling cheated out of spring.  Summer leaped on us from out of nowhere.  Whatever happened to "April Showers Bring May Flowers," and "In like a lamb out like a lion," and all that jazz?  

Back from our trip.

Well, we're back from our trip.  It was a lot of fun, but rather me go through the details, my wife has already written up a little summary.  So go check out her blog. :)

http://katyanneatkinson.blogspot.com/

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last!

So I'm finally finished with finals.  My wife and I have left Moscow and headed north to Couer d'Alene.  One of Katy's friends is taking care of the kids, and we're celebrating our belated 5 year anniversary.  Next week we'll be heading to Emmett, where we'll spend the summer while I participate in an externship there for the Gem County Prosecutor's Office.  In other words, I get to put people in jail.  Yippie!  It feels so good to be done with school.