Judge Has To Hold Court In Parking Lot For 500-Lb. Man
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. ― A Long Island music shop owner accused of selling knockoff Gibson Les Paul guitars has been arraigned in a pickup truck in a courthouse parking lot after his lawyer said the 500-pound defendant couldn’t walk into the courthouse.
State Supreme Court Justice Robert Doyle said the man’s “severe weight problem” prompted the unusual proceeding Thursday in Riverhead. A defense lawyer also had given the court a doctor’s letter saying the defendant suffers from osteoarthritis.
The shopkeeper has been released without bail after pleading not guilty to trademark counterfeiting and criminal simulation. He says the case and health problems have forced him to close his store.
He’s accused of selling bogus Gibsons for $1,500 to buyers who thought they were far more valuable genuine versions of the classic electric guitar.
(WCBS)
So put him in jail so he can sue for being starved to death… I mean starved to health.
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 amI mean whatever, throw the book at him! Throw him in the jail yard with the home boys, see if they can whoop him into shape.
People like this make me cringe at the thought of tax-payer funded health care.![:???:](/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 am