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Flatulent defendant; albatross of domestic military patrols

By Marks & Katz, LLC

  Today I argued a felony criminal appeal before the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia where I stayed overnight, so today's blog entry is brief, but very important. As George Carlin said on his Occupation: Fool album from the early 1970's, "farts are fun". That is to say, when they are your own farts. Ever since becoming a father two and one-half years ago, the words fart, poop and booger flow freely from my tongue. It is one of the many pleasures of having children.   In any event, a West Virginia cop purportedly refused to let a drunk driving suspect use the bathroom, which apparently led to the the expulsion of methane/flatus. The cop claims the suspect fanned the flatulent fumes towards the cop, and claims that to be assault...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on September 26, 2008 (boomark / email).