Victim Sued By Criminal

[Kleanbore]

Posted by belercous: Kleanbore; sorry I misjudged you, but you certainly could be an attorney. You seem to have a firm grasp on our laws & const., moreso than many of the people I went to law school with. And yes, Fiddletown knows about that of which he speaks, no argument with him.

I appreciate the compliment. I'll file it mentally among a couple of nice comments from Fiddletown and a comment from a new attorney we had just hired who had had an important position in the Navy: after two meetings on a potentially worrisome legal issue within his area of considerable experience, he leaned back and looked at me and said "you sure do know your stuff."

What's worrisome to me is when coming across an attorney who clearly lacks the necessary understanding of the subject at hand. I've been able to recognize that, most of the time, but for someone who cannot, there's the risk of proceeding on the basis of poor advice.

More worrisome, of course, are people who believe that the time to consult an attorney is after the fact....

 

[HOWARD J]

In MI if you harm someone stealing your property from your garage or back yard ( includes your car ) you will go to jail.
You may use lethal force if you are attacked in your house, in your car or on the street where you have a legal right to be.
Around here they steal thousands of cars---if they catch them they are back on the street the next day ( unless they take the time to prove that they are part of a chop shop---they usually don't take the time)

 

[Frank Ettin]

More worrisome, of course, are people who believe that the time to consult an attorney is after the fact....

Don't be such a spoil sport. It's a lot of those folks who wind up making trial lawyers really rich.

 

[belercous]

Not so much a compliment as a statement of fact. I just calls `em as I sees `em.
I didn't mean to be derogatory on the lawyer thing, but it does take a bit of intelligence to be an attorney. You seem to be level-headed. And that's still not a compliment. People are expected to be to be reasoned. I've been let down on this strange presumption more times than not.

Now that it's dark, I need to go carry a gut-pile & some bones out to some bears.

 

[Art Eatman]

Enough...