Originally Posted by Bluedreaux
Gene, you don't need an affirmative defense to be found not guilty. Like I said, you don't know how this stuff works.

Originally Posted by Bluedreaux
So do you still believe that to be found not-guilty you have to prove that you're innocent?


Blue, you know as well as me that if I kill another person, SOMEONE has to "prove" that I am not guilty of murder, manslaughter, etc.

It may be the P A who recommends to the Grand Jury that they vote not to indict me.

It may be the G J members themselves who go against a P A's wish to indict me.

It may be a Defense Attorney who convinces a jury that I am innocent of the charges by virtue of the law regarding self defense.

But the idea that I can willfully shoot a person to death and invoke my 5th amendment right and escape prosecution is just not gonna happen.

So, either I, or someone acting on my behalf, must prove my innocence at some some stage of the proceedings.

I do "know how it works".

Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place