What is the most incredibly clever way a lawyer has ever won a case?
answered by Steven Lee Miller, Lawyer and Novel Writer
Fisherman have their stories, so do lawyers.
This was actually not a lawyer, but a non lawyer representing himself in a speeding traffic ticket contest.
The young college student decided to fight a speeding ticket he got on the freeway. The matter was to be decided in front of a judge.
The policeman was on the witness stand, testified the student was "…traveling over 85mph on the freeway, which was in a 65 mph zone". The judge turned to the student and asked, "if there were any questions he would like to ask?"
He said, "yes your honor."
"Go ahead", said the judge.
"Officer you said you saw me going over 85mph. How do you know I was going that fast?"
"Because I am an expert on calculating speed and have been issuing traffic speeding citations for years."
The young student took out a piece of notebook paper he had stuffed into his right front pocket, wadded it up some and into a ball, threw it across the courtroom, and said, "How fast did that paper go officer?"
"I have no idea."
"But you just said you were an expert on speed."
The judge started laughing so hard, he fell out of his high seated chair, including robe and all, and right after he hit the ground, said "not guilty."
Fisherman have their stories, so do lawyers.
This was actually not a lawyer, but a non lawyer representing himself in a speeding traffic ticket contest.
The young college student decided to fight a speeding ticket he got on the freeway. The matter was to be decided in front of a judge.
The policeman was on the witness stand, testified the student was "…traveling over 85mph on the freeway, which was in a 65 mph zone". The judge turned to the student and asked, "if there were any questions he would like to ask?"
He said, "yes your honor."
"Go ahead", said the judge.
"Officer you said you saw me going over 85mph. How do you know I was going that fast?"
"Because I am an expert on calculating speed and have been issuing traffic speeding citations for years."
The young student took out a piece of notebook paper he had stuffed into his right front pocket, wadded it up some and into a ball, threw it across the courtroom, and said, "How fast did that paper go officer?"
"I have no idea."
"But you just said you were an expert on speed."
The judge started laughing so hard, he fell out of his high seated chair, including robe and all, and right after he hit the ground, said "not guilty."
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