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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”

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”

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”

Workplace Encounters

I returned to work after court that morning. I’d had a busy week, and hadn’t talked much to my coworkers about my family and legal troubles, but after their initial surprise at the situation we began to talk a bit. Pierre, the ex-marine, asked me about my arrest. “Well,” I said, “when they first arrestedContinue reading “Workplace Encounters”