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Subject: Re: That's some good lawyering
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:24:46 -0400
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On 2025-06-23 3:49 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
> On Jun 23, 2025 at 12:45:03 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Here's a defense attorney that a viewer would never see on tv.
>>
>> A man is arrested for kidnapping of a minor, later charge changed to
>> attempted. At his first bond hearing, with the kidnapping charge, he was
>> denied bond. It's not explained but when the charge was changed to
>> attempted, he didn't get another bond hearing.
>>
>> This occurred at a Walmart. He needed a specific type of Tyenol for a sick
>> relative he and his daughter were caring for and it wasn't obvious where
>> on the shelf it was. He asked for help from a mother in a mobility scooter
>> with children hanging on to the scooter. At first the man thought she
>> was handicapped but she was able to stand up and was apparently using it
>> just to give her children a ride. At one point, she backed into a display,
>> knocking it over, and ran over the foot of one of her children but there
>> was no serious damage. When she was helping the man, he held her baby
>> briefly because he thought the woman, still thinking she was handicapped,
>> was about to drop the child, then gave the child back immediately when
>> the mother didn't need help any more. This was less than 2 seconds.
>>
>> He has several normal interactions with the woman and various Walmart
>> employees; the woman had interactions with various employees. After
>> finding the medicine, he showed it to her in gratitude.
>>
>> Some time later, she makes the kidnapping allegation to a Walmart
>> employee but doesn't want to call the cops herself. In the comments on
>> the first video, the mother has done this before.
>>
>> The defense lawyer has put together a compilation video of store
>> security footage. Incredibly, she gets it introduced at the bond hearing
>> over prosecution objection because the defendant's calm and friendly
>> demeanor is evidence that he isn't a flight risk and isn't dangerous and
>> is therefore eligible for bond.
>>
>> The video, of course, makes the judge sympathetic toward the defendant
>> because it's clear if police had reviewed this, there was no evidence to
>> support the mother's complaint. It's absurd that it's still being
>> prosecuted.
>>
>> The judge ordered him released on a low bond he could afford. He spent
>> 45 days in pre-trial custody.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3MasIV1G8w
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b0O1F3JtRg
>>
>> What should the defense attorney do at this point to get the indictment
>> dismissed?
> 
> Go to the local news with the video.
> 
> 
I'd say the woman who complained about the "kidnapping" would be a good 
candidate for a lawsuit for "grievous prosecution" (or whatever the term 
is for when someone files charges without genuine grounds against an 
innocent person) because she's apparently done this before.
-- 
Rhino