Author Archives: Justin Marlin

Mr. Phycks

I called a couple of other lawyers and explained my problem: I wanted to sue the County Sheriff, and to further defend myself from my current charges. After a few “No, thanks” I got a nibble. “Good morning, Generic Lawyer speaking.” “Yes, Mr.Lawyer, my name is Justin Marlin. I’m looking to change attorneys from aContinue reading “Mr. Phycks”

Goodbye, McMurphree

McMurphree set up an appointment to talk about my case and the plea offer. “What do you think?” he asked “Will you accept the plea deal and finish this off? I got you down from a felony to a misdemeanor. If you take the deal, all you plead guilty to is Resisting Arrest.” “Did youContinue reading “Goodbye, McMurphree”

Death Rays Redux

“Good News!” I said to Dr. Tim Zieglerson, PhD, CHP the next day as I walked into his office. “My felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor. Does that mean I can get my security clearance back?” “No, no, no,” he said, not looking up from his computer “not yet. Let’s let this go onContinue reading “Death Rays Redux”

The Mistake

McMurphree and I went back and forth a few times via email about the plea deal. I told him I wanted to see the police “use of force report” showing that they had TEASER-ed me. I wanted to know everything they had done, and exactly what they accused me of doing. At one point McMurphreeContinue reading “The Mistake”

Thyroid Cancer

Back at work the next day, it was my turn to cover the thyroid patient. When a patient has thyroid cancer, the thyroid gland is surgically removed. After removal, the patient is given a small dose of radioactive iodine and then passed under a nuclear medicine camera. The thyroid gland absorbs iodine. If the cancerContinue reading “Thyroid Cancer”

Flag Football

I brought my son to community flag football that weekend. I was one of the two coaches for my son’s team. The irony wasn’t lost on me that I was out on bail for Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon; Doorknob on my son, and yet here I was coaching his 8/9 year old flagContinue reading “Flag Football”

Good Charge/Bad Charge

To me it was always common knowledge that modern law consists of very few trials, but mostly of plea deals. Trials are expensive for both the defendant and the State. For this reason, I was leaning toward a trial rather than a plea. If the State wanted me, they were going to have to comeContinue reading “Good Charge/Bad Charge”

Email to McMurphree

[Redacted], I spoke with my neighbors who witnessed my arrest. Apparently, I was TEASER-ed several times while the officers sat on my back and whacked at my arms with their batons, trying to get me re-cuffed. Several people have died over the years from being TEASER-ed, especially if they were having trouble breathing. I askedContinue reading “Email to McMurphree”

The Electric Arsenal

As they sort of used to say on tv; “The story you are reading is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.” (And the guilty.) (Making up fake names is 10-15% of the fun.) Everything here really happened. Therefore; when Barvina (Ukrainian for Violet) told me I had been TEASER-ed, she wasContinue reading “The Electric Arsenal”