# Florida man drove dead body to attorney's office **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306 "2015-03-05T21:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/1 "2015-03-05T21:15:48Z")
Nothing like a fresh new case to inspire an attorney. 😛 Maybe this can start a trend? Better yet invite the attorney to the scene first and then shoot the neighbor. Saves a lot of time explaining what happened. 😃 > **[Florida man drove dead body to attorney's office: police](https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-man-drove-dead-body-attorneys-office-police-175759471.html)** > > By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida detectives are investigating the case of a man who drove to his lawyer's office with a dead body in the bed of his pickup truck, authorities said on Thursday. John Marshall, 52, said he shot his... > [@](#): > > Florida detectives are investigating the case of a man who drove to his lawyer’s office with a dead body in the bed of his pickup truck, authorities said on Thursday. > > John Marshall, 52, said he shot his neighbor in self-defense during a scuffle involving a gun, his attorney, Robert Harris, told the Fort Myers News-Press and WINK-TV. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/2 "2015-03-05T21:34:58Z")
How did he drive with broken thumbs ? And since the police didn’t arrest him, obviously it’s legal to disturb the evidence and transport one’s victim like a dead deer in the USA. Or maybe only in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/3 "2015-03-05T21:36:34Z")
You don’t need thumbs to drive, only a middle finger… ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/4 "2015-03-05T21:50:11Z")
And on the same page I see another Floridan gentleman **[rang](http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/04/florida-man-calls-911-asking-for-help-then-shoots-at-police-officers-who-came-to-his-house/)** 911 to invite the police over for target practice. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/5 "2015-03-05T23:28:12Z")
Disturbing a crime scene is pretty dumb. Especially if you hope to claim self defense. But this is Florida, I’ve read quite a few kooky crime stories. Must be all that salt water. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/6 "2015-03-05T23:32:20Z")
The lawyer has commented. > **[Lawyer: Client Brought Body to Me in Pickup Truck](https://www.newser.com/story/203597/lawyer-client-brought-body-to-me-in-pickup-truck.html)** > > "They don't teach you about this in law school." > [@](#): > > Lawyer Robert Harris says John Marshall, 52, arrived around 4pm with a missing tooth, a puffed-up lip, and “what looked like two broken thumbs,” per the Florida News-Press; Marshall told Harris he had killed Ted Hubbell in self-defense after grabbing a gun away from him during a fight. “It’s the cleanest-cut case of self-defense I’ve ever seen,” Harris tells the newspaper. Marshall chose Harris as his confidante because he wasn’t sure if he could trust anyone else, the News-Press adds. “They don’t teach you about this in law school, that’s for sure,” Harris says. local news coverage, Should the attorney be giving out these details? > **[Client brings dead body to Fort Myers law office](https://winknews.com/2015/03/05/fort-myers-lawyer-says-client-showed-up-with-dead-body/)** > > FORT MYERS, Fla. – 8:44 AM Thursday Update: WINK spoke with Robert Harris Thursday morning. He said his client was treated and released from the hospital for his injuries. He says his client, John Marshall, is not in custody. He says all evidence... > [@](#): > > Harris says Marshall cooperated with police from the beginning. Around 9 p.m. Wednesday night, they took Marshall’s clothes his DNA and checked for gunshot residue. > > “The guy had threatened him in the past and then came out and ostensibly said he was sorry for threatening him in the past, and pulled a gun on him and pistol-whipped him,” said Harris. > > According to Harris, while Marshall and his neighbor wrestled for the gun, he shot and killed the man. Marshall then drove all the way to Harris’ office in downtown Fort Myers, 26 miles away, with the body of his neighbor covered in the back of his pickup truck. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/7 "2015-03-05T23:46:08Z")
Have we no swamps ? No alligators ? ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/8 "2015-03-06T00:30:55Z")
I live in Florida, only the REAL crazy shit gets reported. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/9 "2015-03-06T01:40:25Z")
All I wanted was some frickin’ sharks with some frickin’ laser beams on their heads, throw me a bone here, people. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/10 "2015-03-06T02:24:23Z")
In the box of the truck, covered up? Pshaw. Real men put the body on the hood of the car, with a rifle in the gun rack in the rear window. Maybe put a wildlife tag on the ear, to avoid any run-ins with Fish & Game officers. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/11 "2015-03-06T02:29:02Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > In the box of the truck, covered up? > > Pshaw. Real men put the body on the hood of the car, with a rifle in the gun rack in the rear window. Maybe put a wildlife tag on the ear, to avoid any run-ins with Fish & Game officers. You’re either in PA or damn close. Yep-- that’s the way its done RIGHT. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/12 "2015-03-06T10:46:22Z")
Well the dead guy \*couldn’t \*very well drive himself there, could he? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/13 "2015-03-06T13:07:42Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Real men put the body on the hood of the car, with a rifle in the gun rack in the rear window. Maybe put a wildlife tag on the ear, to avoid any run-ins with Fish & Game officers. And field-dress the carcass first. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/14 "2015-03-06T14:45:04Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And field-dress the carcass first. Only if they are (insert the name of your favorite ethnic group here). (I like those old jokes too) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-drove-dead-body-to-attorneys-office/714306/15 "2015-03-06T15:06:24Z")
The lawyers office is a few blocks from mine. My boss was personally inconvenienced by this as all the cops blocked his way out of his condo.