Not exactly a case of a sovrun arguing that he has a strawman, but pretty darn close:
An Emmaus man who acted as his own attorney at trial and used the novel — though unsuccessful — defense of blaming his "evil twin" for a string of armed robberies could have more than a century behind bars to ponder the wisdom of not hiring a lawyer.
Felton...made such a spectacle at his trial that [the judge] told him he could "try the patience of Job"...
As...prosecutors played numerous store security videos that clearly showed Felton's face, his objections became more passionate and nonsensical.
"Freedom of speech," he cried out when a sidebar didn't go his way. "Unfair prejudice," he shouted when Falk showed jurors a gun that police found in Felton's home.
As opposed to "fair prejudice?"
Felton also wept at the defense table and burst into a giggling fit during the trial, forcing the judge to call numerous recesses.
All in all, Felton gave a pretty good impression of a Freeman on the loose in the courtroom. But he lacked the sophistication and articulate language that we have seen Freemen use when getting themselves convicted and incarcerated. So an "A" for effort, but a "C+" for style.
