Apparently, a lot of people don't realize how ridiculous "I'll see you in court!" sounds these days.

Okay, fine. After all these years, I'll admit it:

"Anyway You Want It" by Journey is a kick-ass rock song.

We saw there was a second season and were discussing whether or not to watch it, because the first season kept us watching, but we can't really say we ENJOYED it.

Same here

Cultivate them as a source.

No

This is why I'm willing to pay extra for assembly.

It's not how I saw Leaphorn when I read the books, but McClarnon won me over fast. Love the series.

Good point

Got my first ChatGPT "legal brief" from a client today lawsplaining to me how their meth cases should be dismissed and quoting case law they clearly haven't read because the actual holding in the cases undercuts their arguments.

...already been done before: Non-threatening, easy to digest, familiar, comforting. Which, judging from the way trends in publishing take off, is what some readers seem to want. I think it won't be long before we see an AI written bestseller.

I love it!

I think the people advocating the use of generative AI to write books are people who see writing as a way to make money and not as a creative endeavor. And for that, pretty soon, they may be right. An AI (more accurately a LLM) can generate something very much like what's...

That was great. Thanks.

Agreed. That's basically my cross.

Seeing this a lot more. Chomping at the bit to conduct a trial where the only witness is some bullshit AI facial recognition software.

I refuse to do it. When they try to steer me to the self-checkout, I tell them no and I tell them why. "Because if I make a mistake, this store will have me charged with a crime. I've seen it."

We have Class A (first degree murder) to Class I (simple possession of small amounts of cocaine or meth). Then four classes of misdemeanors.

As misdemeanors lately. For a while, they were charging class G felony Obtaining Property by False Pretense, which doesn't require any monetary threshold.

If they charge as Obtaining Property by False Pretense, it's a class G felony in NC, regardless of the amount taken. I've seen panhandlers charged with felonies for cadging $5 in gas money.

Thanks.

DON'T USE SELF-CHECKOUT

Demanding the video (and all the self-checkouts have video_ does wonders.

It's all about balancing the state budget on the backs of the poor by terrorizing them into paying fines and fees.

My colleagues and I are having some success by digging in our heels and getting dismissals on the cases that are obviously just fuckups. DA's are getting more skeptical.

More often, if they pled, they'd get probation: court cost, supervision fees, community service fees, etc. It's more about adding to the General Fund than locking people up (which costs more money than it takes in),

Target, Walmart, and Harris Teeter are frequent alleged victims.

It gets better. As so often happens when the State doesn't have squat, they'd offer a misdemeanor larceny and probation, which a Defendant terrified of facing a felony trial would accept.
Lately, I'm seeing more misdemanor larceny charges from the start, and more outright dismissals.

Oh, this looks like HUGE fun.

Criminal defense lawyer here. I get 3 or 4 cases like this every single month. For a while, the cops were charging people who screwed up at the self-checkout with Obtaining Property by False Pretense-a class G felony.

Oh no. I loved her voice.

So, if a French or British ship attempts to run the blockade, are we going to fire on it?