# Robert Blake

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-blake/104491>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 19, 2002, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-blake/104491 "2002-04-19T10:10:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-blake/104491/21 "2005-03-03T17:07:29Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> Personally I think he had it done.

In which case, his last hit was three years ago, not thirty…

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-blake/104491/22 "2005-03-03T17:21:35Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> In which case, his last hit was three years ago, not thirty…

Yep, there’s nothing like signing with the Norma Desmond Agency to get your name out there again.

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**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-blake/104491/23 "2005-03-06T16:00:49Z")

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> [@Little Nemo](#):
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> I’ve been thinking of starting a thread on this but I’ll just jump in on this one. Can anyone explain to me what the heck happened with this case? This was a major crime with an identified suspect that happened almost four years ago - why has it taken so long to reach trial?

Blake switched lawyers several times, a delaying tactic, as each new one was granted time to “get up to speed”.

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