[Freedom2specul8]

"Let the case be tried in the courtroom not on the streets of San Diego," said Feldman to a crowd of media outside (on the streets of san diego) Westerfield's February 26 arraignment.

[rolling_stone]

What these cops did was undermine the case, showing a prejudice against the defendant..and lack of impartiality and disregard for the law..the credibility of evidence they collected will be brought up, a defense attorney will chew them up and spit them out, if they did something this stupid could they have done something else???..it IMO it is worse than bonehead...looks like one of the cowboys has been in the rodeo before...

I am curious about the desertion charge, which I can only speculate wildly on..based on westerfield's age it may have to do with the Vietnman Conflict which President Ford granted limited amnesty in 1974. There were between 500,000 and 1,500,000 desertion or AWOL people during the conflict.and numerous draft dodgers..Amnesty

Best I can figure is a 5 year statute of limitations unless desertion was during time of war and there is no statute of limitations...since Mr. Westerfield was arrested for DWI in 1996 his fingerprints would have gone to the FBI and I would think they would have been a "hit" on them for desertion, unless of course since his recent notoriety someone "ratted" him off....then again it may be a BS charge. nothing in the papers about this-why?....Monday should tell a tale at the prelim hearing..regards...