Prosecutor Humor

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Anti-861

Prosecutor Humor

Post by Anti-861 »

When I was a prosecutor, I had one who claimed that the United States District Court did not have jurisdiction over him because the courtrooms had American flags with gold fringes, which established that they were admiralty courts and not courts of general jurisdiction. Judge Hupp, God rest him, wryly said "I'll pretend you're a boat."
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