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WEDNESDAY NOTES

By JAABLOG

"Hey Vic, what's in the cooler?" - once upon a time, Chief Judge Victor Tobin was just one of the guys.  Fun loving, hard partying, and a respected trial lawyer.  He liked to win, and frequently did.  The best story we've heard (trial story, that is) has to do with a death penalty case, before 'Hanging Judge' Thomas Coker. Tobin shows up to argue for his client's life with a cooler, but won't tell anyone what's inside.  At a planned moment in his presentation, he pops the cooler open, and plops a live fish on the defense table.  The fish is gasping for air, flopping around, while Coker is screaming at Tobin to get the fish back into storage.  Tobin can't manage, with the fish's agonizing death rattle eventually playing out on the floor, all on full display for the jury...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on June 16, 2010 (boomark / email).