Patrick is Here

Go to the Safety Building in the morning for a hearing. Go to the jail for a consultation. Drive to Firestone to get my car fixed. Bad waterpump. Stuck there for three hours. Walk over to Southgate Cinema. Watch “Joker” (2019). Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Go to Orange Theory. Go on Facebook. Post my legal analysis of the homicides committed by the Joker in the movie.

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I saw Joker today while my car was getting fixed. My legal opinion as to the homicides Joker committed in the film: The three guys Joker kills in the subway: two are done in self defense but the third guy is shot in the back at close range while in retreat. Joker does not have the privilege. Joker flees the scene. This demonstrates consciousness of guilt. Therefore no insanity defense. Joker can argue adequate provocation since the guys on the subway all attacked him first. That gets him to 2nd Degree Intentional Homicide. When Joker kills his mother in her hospital bed it is an intentional act. However, by this point in the film he is fully delusional. Joker is seeing people that are not there, cannot control his emotions, and has been off his anti-psychotic medications for some time. Insanity defense. When Joker slammed his co-worker’s head into the wall several times in front of a witness who he lets go he shows no recognition that the act was wrongful. Insanity defense. Finally, when Joker shot Robert DeNiro in the head on live television he again shows no recognition of the wrongfulness of his conduct. Insanity defense for that one too. Dark movie. Interesting legal issues though.

Very cold today. Arctic freeze. Go to the courthouse for a hearing. Go to the jail for consultations. In the afternoon go to the office and work until it gets dark outside.

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Wake up to a snowstorm. Go to the Safety Building for a jury trial. Case dismissed. Walk over to the courthouse for another jury trial. Case adjourned. Take an afternoon nap. The temperature plummets. Walk around downtown for a little while.

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In the morning walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Walk up to Farwell Avenue. Walk down Farwell to Brady Street. Walk back downtown. Listen to Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music on the Musica Antiqua show on WORT-FM from Madison, Wisconsin. In the later afternoon walk up to 16th Street. Walk south to Lincoln Avenue. Walk west to Miller Park Way. Walk to National Avenue. Walk to 27th Street. Cross the viaduct. Walk back downtown on Wisconsin Avenue. Listen to the Packers hold off the Carolina Panthers 24-16. At night walk up to the office to prepare the files for tomorrow. Go home and do some laundry before bed.

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In the afternoon walk to the office. Walk to Juneau Park. Feel terrific. Walk up Prpspect Avenue. Walk up Black Cat Alley. Walk west on North Avenue to Martin Luther King Drive. Walk back downtown. Stop at Best Fish. Buy some worms for the fish’s dinner. Buy a Blue Hook Silver Dollar fish. Name it “Moon Beam”. This fish makes itself at home. Digs in when the worms are dropped in the tank. At night walk up to 16th Street. Walk down Cesar Chavez Drive. Walk to Greenfield Avenue. Feet start to hurt. Walk home.

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Walk to the Hyatt Regency. Attend the State Public Defender Conference. Listen to speakers discuss mindfulness practice for lawyers and the ineffectiveness of long term use of psychotropic medications for the mentally ill. Walk to the southside to pick up a file from a law office on a new case. Go to Orange Theory.

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Cold day. Walk to the Hyatt Regency. Sign up for the State Public Defender Conference. Listen to varous speakers discuss trauma, racism, Supreme Court decisions and tactics for sentencing arguments.

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Go to the office. Work all day. Go to the U.S. Bank Tower for lunch. Go to Orange Theory. Another snowstorm hits the city.

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In the morning go to the Safety Building for a couple of hearings. In the afternoon walk along the lakefront to Northpoint. Bright sunshne. Walk up North Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Walk to Best Fish. Get the fish some worms for dinner. Walk home. At night drive to Sam’s Club to buy soda and other supplies. In a very good mood all day.

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Go to the Safety Building in the morning for a status hearing. Go over the skywalk to the courthouse for another status hearing. Go home and fix the filter issue. The tank is very stirred up and the fish are out of sorts. The past two days have disrupted their routines. Go back to court in the afternoon for another status hearing. Go home and clean up the house. My mood is tremendously improved from where it was yesterday. Go to Orange Theory.

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