Although there are no New York cases specifically dealing with using a Taser to accomplish that, the judge did find a Wyoming case where a court ruled it was legal to use a Taser to force a suspect to open his hand for a search. I admit I know very little about certain aspects of the court system, but since when do New York judges comb Wyoming cases for precedents? I mean, if the prosecution brought it up that would be one thing, but this sounds like the "judge" was deliberately trolling for a scrap to hang his decision on.
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Date: 2009-06-05 08:32 pm (UTC)I admit I know very little about certain aspects of the court system, but since when do New York judges comb Wyoming cases for precedents? I mean, if the prosecution brought it up that would be one thing, but this sounds like the "judge" was deliberately trolling for a scrap to hang his decision on.
The intent thing is just scary.