Who was the most despicable defendant you've ever seen in court?

Defended an old guy, kind of driver who hit and killed a mentally challenged girl who'd run

across six lanes of traffic against the signal. The guy did nothing wrong. The worst part about

the situation was that we were being paid by the dead girl's family insurance company who the

family was suing for benefits.

I defended a guy who sent number two through the mail to his ex-girlfriend from state prison.

I don't know how it got past prison officials, but it did and he didn't deny sending it.

However, we went to trial because he wanted me to argue that the number two was expressive speech

and thus protected

by the First Amendment. We lost. In short, crepe case, we lost. I had a brilliant gentleman

on probation for narcotics trafficking, and he was not permitted to own or use a cell phone.

He went in for a substance test with his probation officer, and his cell phone

rang in his pocket. The PO went to take the phone from his pocket and also pulled out a large

baggy of white snow, that he bought to his substance test. So in my state, if you're in a relationship

with someone or had been and you commit certain crimes, they get tagged as domestic violence.

This tag gives additional penalties. Long story short, my client received a down under kiss from a girl

and then hit her. We went to trial because the state wanted to say that one Beege was a relationship

and my guy didn't want to do the domestic violence classes. So we took it to the jury who

ruled that one such act isn't a relationship. I've always wondered how many Beeges is a relationship.

Prior public defender here, cases involving crimes against kids are the worst. That aside,

I once defended a very nice, 80-ish-year-old man who'd been married

for like 50 years, several kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. He'd been charged with

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