Murder suspect who used big-penis defense found not guilty

[Lord Z]

Murder suspect who used big-penis defense found not guilty

During the trial, his lawyers initially argued that Marquinez died accidentally while performing oral sex on him at her apartment.

To bolster their defense, Patterson’s lawyers filed a motion to show his penis to the jury.

 

[JohnBlue]

But after a medical expert testified that choking during the sex act was unlikely, the defense reversed course on the theory. The judge never ruled on the request to put Patterson’s member on display in court.


“That’s not the way she died,” defense lawyer Ken Padowitz said. “But that’s the way Richard Patterson thought she died.”


Instead, the defense argued that there was no way of knowing how she died. Medical examiners never determined the cause of death because Marquinez’s body was too decomposed.


“They still don’t know how she died,” said Padowitz, according to the Sun Sentinel.

 

[Tskware]

That theory would be a tough one to swallow, for most jurors

 

[Lord Z]

At least she died doing what she loved.

 

[TortElvisII]

I doubt I ever use this defense unless the rest of the world undergoes major shrinkage.

 

[BeAllied]

I doubt I ever use this defense unless the rest of the world undergoes major shrinkage.

 

[John Henry]

Murder suspect who used big-penis defense found not guilty

During the trial, his lawyers initially argued that Marquinez died accidentally while performing oral sex on him at her apartment.

To bolster their defense, Patterson’s lawyers filed a motion to show his penis to the jury.

The seven women on the jury gave the defendant their phone number after they declared him "not guilty". It is a sign of the times.

 

[Catman100]

Dude gonna be legend at The Villages.

 

[WildcatfaninOhio]

I find it refreshing that, in this day and age of instant news, we can still occasionally enjoy a news story from 4 years ago.

 

[The-Hack]

I’ve heard of a hung jury, buuut, a hung defendant . . . . . !