Florida lawyer's pants catch fire during arson trial

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AP / March 9, 2017, 2:52 PM

Florida lawyer's pants catch fire during arson trial

MIAMI -- A Miami defense attorney is feeling the heat after his pants caught fire Wednesday after he told jurors during arguments in an arson case that his client’s car spontaneously combusted and wasn’t intentionally set.

As he started speaking to the jury, Stephen Gutierrez, 28, said he noticed his pocket began to feel hot.

“When I checked my pocket, I noticed that the heat was coming from a small e-cigarette battery I had in my pocket,” Gutierrez told The Associated Press via email on Thursday afternoon. He said he had two to three of the batteries in his right pocket.

The Miami Herald reported Gutierrez was arguing that his client’s car spontaneously combusted and wasn’t intentionally set on fire.
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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Need video

[SoCalMusicLover]

2. Florida....

You really only need to start a story with, "In Florida.....," and anything that follows, becomes instantly understandable, no matter how crazy it may seem.

[Yavin4]

3. Liar, liar pants on fire.

We know that saying is not true. If so, Trump would have to walk around without pants.

[jmowreader]

4. Isn't that like prima facie evidence of perjury?

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5. Florida man n/t