February 11, 2012

SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Jury acquits suspect of assault on Aspen police officer"

(See related story and comments here)

Rick Carroll:
"...While en route to Pitkin County Jail, where Brown was to be held for an indefinite amount of time, he spit at Williams, who testified that saliva went on his neck and shoulder.

“Do you realize you just assaulted a police officer?” Williams says on the video, and then calls his work supervisor to report the crime.

Replied Brown: “I didn't touch you.”

Brown later said: “Are you kidding me? Assault, my a--hole. Third-degree assault on a police officer? You've got to be kidding me.”

Brown's public defender, Elise Myer, had argued that while he behaved inappropriately and said derogatory remarks, he “did not cross the line” to commit assault.

“He's allowed to express himself,” she said. “He's allowed to use words. He shouldn't be subject to criminal liability for that....”  (Read more?  Click title and link within post)

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2 comments:

beesonanonymous said...

How much money was spent on this one?

As much as or more than the crime of the century "Douche Bag Case"?

Or the case that the father let his very young son up on an advanced level ski slope to take cute pictures of him under a blind jump and then assaulted to bodily harm the snowboarder who came off that jump and wiped out with the kid? How much did that one cost?

This dysfunction between the DA and public defenders is costing taxpayers a small fortune.

Say no Martin Beeson said...

The taxpayers/voters need an itemized accounting of statistics on Beeson's regime from our community of lawyers.

All these kinds of cases that should never have seen a courtroom need to head up the list.