Incorrect. --- In a trial the charges listed in the indictment are the charges you are being tried for. Th indictment is typically returned from a grand jury. What you are charged with at your time of arrest is not necessarily the list of charges you will face in trial from the indictment. The DA drives the indictment and charges. In this trial for Rittenhouse -- "The count that the judge just dismissed, which was listed as Count 6 in the indictment, was a misdemeanor stating that Rittenhouse was under 18 years old with a dangerous weapon."
Must be embarrassing to be a Democrat to know that the Governor had to deploy 500 troops because you cant trust that Democrats wont go bananas and start fires on a verdict they don't like
As I said I missed it because I did not dig into the shit... if it is just a misdeanor that is crazy. How can someone underage holding and using a gun only be a misdemeanor.. not like it is buying cigarettes.
“You don’t reasonably put yourself in harm’s way unless you want trouble.” That’s the trial… “wannabe soldiers feeding off the chaos”
He's actually made a few rulings that help the prosecution..to allow presentation of lesser charges, and to instruct the jury that Rittenhouse may not have a right to self-defense if he was the initial aggressor. Let him do his job.
My memory is a bit fuzzy on that one, and without looking it up...Wasn't Bernie Goetz the subway screwdriver dude, or was he the LIRR shooter?
If you recall the FUBAR of the jury instructions this morning, the court agreed, after some back and forth, that if the jury finds Kyle not guilty on the greater charge with self-defense, then there is no need for them to consider the lesser charge on same count in any capacity, self-defense or not.