(From the DA years)

So I got my weekly assignment and this time it wasn’t a serious crime (a nice break I suppose).  Turns out someone who made a right turn on a red light when he wasn’t supposed to wants to appeal his ticket (I can’t believe I got assigned this case).  He wrote the appeal himself (always a trip).  His main argument – that he wasn’t “Supperman” (yeah that’s how he spelled it) with “Ex-Ray” vision to see all the signs in the city.  

Cost of paying ticket = $104  

Cost of him filing appeal = About $100 

Commonwealth time (me working on this) = About $200-$300 

Court Time to decide the appeal in our favor = About $200-$300 

Sorry, no priceless punchline.  What a waste of time and resources.  Just pay the damn ticket.

Postscript – So I actually met the defendant at oral argument. He had a crutch and a cast. I couldn’t tell if they were props or for real. I could barely contain my laughter when it was my turn to approach the judge panel. Could not get out the one sentence that basically said I had nothing further to say.