On Day Seven of the Pino trial no one rested (biblical pun...think about it). The State rested on day six and the defense moved for a judgment of acquittal.
The trial began today with Judge Tinkler-Mendez "respectfully" denying the motions for judgment of acquittal.
Why the adjective "respectfully?" We all make motions all the time. Some better than others. Some a closer call than others. Respectfully means nothing. A careful consideration (which we are not implying did not occur here) is what we are after.
Anyway, the trial moves on. The defense is calling an investigator as their first witness. We are writing a brief and went to find a fav game show and stumbled upon the broadcast of the trial, so we will watch it for a bit.
Current testimony appears to be something about how time and tide wait for no man.
Coming Next: What happens at the intersection of the NY Times Florida correspondent and the REGJB? An article about .....(three guesses....hint- he authors a constitutional calendar and enjoys a legal quip in iambic pentameter)
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The purpose of "respectfully" is usually to try to model how everybody should be treating each other.
It would be interesting to get your thoughts on whether the State, in its case and chief, met its burden. I don't the State did.
where is the reckless behavior?
Drinking a few beers, driving over 45 MPH in a channel, and subsequently hitting a channel maker. Not saying he will be convicted but there is definitely an argument he drove in a manner that could be considered reckless.
He drove his boat into a pole with a bunch of drunk minors. Then lied about it.
SAO pursuing this is insane. Corrupt as always #FREEPINO
Guilty. No doubt. Rich and narcissistic guy who is newly rich thinking he can never be found guilty of a crime like this by a Miami Jury. He can give minor children 61 bottles and cans of alcohol on a broiling hot sunny day anchored near a sandbar and think he is invincible from having a couple of beers and then racing back home. There were too many people on a center console 29’ Robalo. By the way, a terribly made boat. No excuse other than reckless driving to hit a marked neon green channel marker.
This jury is coming back GUILTY.
He is a liar and Lucy’s death is entirely his fault.
It was not negligent. It was reckless and criminal. He should have also been charged with perjury in the answers he gave in the civil case and for lying to a law enforcement officer.
I’m sick of rich guys with connections thinking the are invincible in this town.
And now comes a defense designed as a diversion trying to confuse the issues for the jury with a well choreographed and hugely expensive psychological portrayal of a great man who did nothing wrong.
Except crash into a fixed and easily seen marker with a boatload of boozed up teenage passengers.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive.
Worst defense money could buy.
Forget about the alcohol for a moment: Pino drove a boat full of minors way too fast, on the wrong side of the channel, into a marker that apparently even a blind man could see from a mile away. It was an "accident" only in the sense that he didn't mean to crash, as everyone agrees. I don't think it's hard to make out the case that Pino was driving recklessly. Fortunately for him, culpable negligence means more than just being reckless, if I understand the law correctly. Srebnick should hammer home hard the standard in closing.
All I gotta say is MESSI. MESSI. MESSI. Hat 🎩 trick.
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