That is a lousy excuse ! Castle doctrine rules !
They’re lawyers. Once this criminal harassment is over, can you imagine the number of zeroes they’re going to ask for in the civil suit they will file against all of these morons?
But,but,but,I;m a black dem..I can tamper with the evidence..Dems say so....
THAT’s not gonna stop the DA from moving forward.
She will use the old ‘finger-in-the-coat pocket argument. (Used regularly in “armed” robbery cases)
Doesn’t mean it was inoperable on the day in question.
Key info at the link:
“ According to the lab, it fired when tested.
But the gun Patricia McCloskey had, a small handgun, examiners say, could not be test-fired as submitted.
At the request of prosecutor Chris Hinkley, the report says, the firearm was stripped and found to have been assembled incorrectly. It was then re-assembled properly, test fired and functioned as designed. Charging documents said the gun was capable of lethal use.”