Daily Archives: June 8, 2009
This blog is totally unbiased
This was on a message board about my coverage of the Higbee trial:
“But Avalon..do we really know this blogger/attny is impartial?..Maybe he has an agenda..maybe he owes something to someone for something..I do get a sense that this prosecution was politically motivated..course I am rather a skepticle type…dont ya know?”
That was rather funny. While I am involved in politics, my criminal defense life comes before all else. I have no agenda and I always give you my honest opinon on whatever I am blogging about.
Man seeks revenge on ex-wife by leaking oil on lawn
Gerald Dugan is charged with criminal mischief and unlawfully releasing hazardous materials after he allegedly removed a valve from the oil tank of his ex-wife’s house causing 200 gallons of home heating oil to be spilled outside and onto her lawn.
He is also alleged to have broken into a locked garage, scratched a car, spray-painted its headlights black, slashed a bike tire, unplugged a freezer, slashed a mattress and damaged a lawn mower. The bad part about all that is that each incident will be used to prove the other. In addition, he also faces burglary and criminal mischief charges from May 16 when he allegedly was captured on security camera ripping down a clothesline and stealing a storage bin. While the last part isn’t that much of a problem, that incident will also be used against him to try to convict him of the other incidents.
Story is here.
Robert Higbee Verdict: Not Guilty
I have to say that I am a little surprised. I really thought Higbee was done for since a not guilty verdict should have came on Friday. Regardless, it was the right result and I am happy for him. Luckily the jury saw right through what was mostly a nice presentation by the Prosecutor. In the end, I think it all boiled down to common sense: is this some crazy trooper that blows through stop signs or can a person make one tragic mistake in their life? Higbee’s experience and lack of any discipline problems really helped him out as it was rather obvious that this was just a really bad mistake.
Tonacchio Law LC 