legal woes II: the arraignment

Fearing getting lost, the wife and I showed up to court two hours early; we expected to watch the proceedings, but the courtroom doors didn’t open until 6:00pm, our scheduled time. Before we went in, the bailiff told everyone (there were over 60 people in the lobby outside) to take off our hats. Sadly, my hair was sticking up and a bit to the side (worse than when Stevenson ordered me to put the hat back on). After a 40 minute speech from the judge about defensive driving and payment systems, I got in a line and requested a court date. I couldn’t believe it. There I was, looking forward to standing up and telling the judge “not guilty” like in Law & Order.

Something else that struck me was that every person who pled not guilty (besides myself) requested a jury trial. If some redneck (remember, this is Humble, so it’s safe to presume redneckery) made me sit on a jury because he doesn’t think he ran some stop sign, I’d vote guilty just to punish him for wasting my time.

The evening turned out well as my court date is a Thursday, so I won’t have to risk missing Con Law.

(note: I know that no one care about reading this, but I think all blogs are exercises in narcissism)