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Today's Victory
By John
Comes from Tom Ricks' Foreign Policy blog (by the way: Tom Ricks has a Foreign Policy blog!)-
Marine Cpl. Melroy Cort lost his legs fighting for his country in Iraq. He and his wife were driving to Walter Reed Army Medical Center when he was arrested on a felony possession of a firearm. He says an Ohio permit for his pistol, and had been told by his commanding officer to store the gun at the Walter Reed armory upon arrival. The public defender wanted him to plead guilty, but he refused because he was worried that a felony conviction would endanger his military benefits. So he defended himself -- and yesterday was acquitted.
Reminds of that scene in Lethal Weapon 4 -- where Chris Rock was reading a perp his rights. "...you have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford an attorney, we'll provide you with the dumbest fucking lawyer on earth."
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well, now after I actually read the article :o), he still needs to fight the ammunition conviction...
on a side note, who is that 'witness' who ratted out on him?? This stretch of Georgia Avenue is close to the WRAMC and I am sure he has lots of military decalls on his vehicle...
YES! Justice! Olga's right-- now he needs to beat that ammo rap. Perfect illustration of the absurdities and injustices of gun control laws: ammo is bad because it's prohibited.
Good for you, Marine.
Hmmmm. "Possession of Ammunition"
Haven't these idiots heard of Heller vs DC yet?
Time to spank DC again.
SSG Jeff,
the events of this case were PRIOR to the Heller case, so it is inapplicable and they had to review it based on the case law at the time of the offense...
I hope he beats this
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what a great news!!!
of course, the public defender in DC would want him to plead guilty - less work...