It's a running joke in our family that whenever Ramy asks about my day, I go into lengthy details about everything that happened, the issues I saw with various clients, how Rebecca ate and napped that day, etc. When I ask Ramy about what happened in his day, his inevitable answer is, "Eh, I went to court." If I ask him if anything interesting happened, he'll think for a minute and generally will say that it was just a regular day. On a fairly regular basis, later on, he'll remember something like a fight taking place, a client's family threatening witnesses, seeing morgue pics or something that seems pretty eventful.
This morning, Ramy had to go out to the Norwalk court for the sentencing of a client convicted of murder. The guy got 58 years to life. This afternoon, he did closing arguments on another felony case back in Pomona. The case went to the jury and in less than an hour, the jury was back with a Not Guilty verdict.
Just a day in the life of a public defender...
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