See, this is why you go with an eyepatch. I mean, c’mon. You lose an eye, you have a choice: You can look like Peter Falk, or you can look like a pirate. And while I do love me some Peter Falk, the man is no pirate (not even a Dread Pirate Roberts).
So when the mistrial was declared did the Bailiff shout, “Aye, aye, your Honor!”?
When I was in HS a classmate had a glass eye (playing with explosives is bad idea). Well his eye used to fall out fairly regularily on the basketball court, in which case we also declared a mistrial and had a tip-off.
When I was in 4th grade (about 35 years ago) my friend Eddie’s glass eye fell out while we were doing calisthenics. As his friends, we were nonplussed. “Oh well, Eddie’s eye fell out again.” As he was showing the teacher, one girl looked into his hand, saw the eye, and fainted. I’ll never forget that.
Update: eyeless retrial
Iris my case!?!
Perhaps the the lawyers will find a better pupil for their client next time.
Not an open and shut case.
The witness was unblinking in his testimony.
I wish my jokes were cornea.
Good idea, since justice is blind.
I think you mean in the People’s favor. The guy whose eye fell out was the alleged victim.
Hopefully the judge has a clearer vision of how to run this new trial more smoothly.
It’s all fun and games until. . .