When did a colossal idiot completely implode in court?

I was on a jury where the defendant showed up in court day one wearing the exact same outfit as the unknown suspect in the video of the crime.

It took only a few seconds before the judge immediately called a stoppage.

All the lawyers went into the back with the judge and they came out like

seven minutes later and announced that the defendant had taken the plea deal. Wild.

The client was being sued and he didn't like the opposing counsel or the judges,

so he left the court a bunch of voicemails so profane that he was subject to a criminal contempt

of court hearing. I will never understand

these people. I've been before a magistrate twice in my life and you'd better believe I was

as polite as polite could be. What sort of damn fool looks at the person who can destroy their

life with the bang of a gavel and thinks, I'm going to give this guy a peace of my mind.

With the utmost certainty in his voice, he yelled at the arresting officer,

It's not domestic violence, I'm on public property.

You could tell from his face that he really thought he had the cop over a barrel with that one.

But, let's just say reality stepped in pretty quick there.

The petitioner attorney's client. The man claimed

workers' compensation and threw the kitchen sink at us, meaning he basically listed just over

half of his body parts on the claim petition, stating that he had injured each one. He was full of

crap and my firm knew it. Anyways, we were going to trial, and the day before, we ran one more social

media search. This absolute frickin moron posted a video of him winning a breakdance competition

that was only a few months after the alleged work incident. Never saw a quicker dismissal in my life.

One client of ours baffles me to this day.

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