Police officer's eyesight admission helps defense win case

[The Straight Story]

Court Notebook: Police officer's eyesight admission helps defense win case

Syracuse, NY - Most trials come down to the questions asked and the answers given. But sometimes a trial comes down to a question that almost didn’t get asked and one that never was.

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Simcoe was facing drug charges based on a Syracuse police officer’s contention that while on routine patrol about 3 a.m. June 29, 2010, on Butternut Street she saw a hand-to-hand drug transaction between Simcoe and another man.
The officer testified she saw something white change hands, although the evidence was found to be a clear bag containing green pills that turned out to be BZP, a stimulant.

Sherwood said that while cross examining the officer, he almost didn’t ask whether she ever wore corrective lenses. But he asked and she said she did now, but didn’t at the time of the incident last year.

Sherwood said he then followed up and asked when the officer started wearing glasses. She admitted it was shortly after the incident last year.


http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/court_notebook_police_officers.html

I dunno, just made me chuckle a bit :)

[PoliticAverse]

1. Sounds like a scene out of My Cousin Vinny... n/t

[damntexdem]

2. And to think -- she could have had an alternate career: baseball umpire.

;-)

[Jim__]

3. Why did he get off?

No probable cause to stop the suspect, so the evidence gets thrown out? Or, the jury (or judge) concluded that the cop had no credibility and dismissed her testimony? Or ...

[nosmokes]

4. fucking lying ass pigs with no respect for the law or fellow citizens.

I won't be holding my breath for any action to be taken against this officer for her lying ass ways or for an investigation into her past arrests based on what she *saw.*