Tuesday, May 3, 2011

"Suspect in Assault Appears in Court" by Jason Gonzalez

A suspect, who was detained and cited by the Denver police department back in February of 2011, appeared in the new Lindsey Flannigan courthouse on Thursday March 10, 2011 to answer charges of simple assault.

The wheels of justice were churning quite dramatically this past Thursday, due to the suspect of an alleged assault not being prepared for court for his second consecutive court appearance. The suspected assailant, who was stopped and issued a summons and complaint for an alleged assault, requested a continuance by the court because he had yet to hire an attorney.

The suspect who will remain anonymous, was obviously trying to prolong the inevitable, hadn’t even hired an attorney yet. The city attorney’s office, of course objected to the continuance once again, due to the presence of the witnesses of the alleged crime being present.

When asked once again, why the defendant was not ready for his court trial he responded, how it was an extreme travesty of justice that the city attorney’s office was even pursuing these outlandish charges against him, and how he was in fact the true victim on that dreadful day.

The honorable judge interrupted the ranting defendant, and stated that if he represented himself and lost at trial, that it would reflect badly on her decision to allow the defendant to represent himself since he had very little knowledge of trial law and how he would be granted a new trial. The defendant was granted a continuance to hire an attorney and the next disposition hearing will be held on 20th day of April 2011, at 8:30 am in courtroom 3F.

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