re: "Rocker" Marty Jannetty Killed a Guy

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Uh, that’s not how the legal system works in this country.

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Thanks F Lee Bailey

How Defendants Prove Affirmative Defenses

An affirmative defense of self-defense, or any other affirmative defense, doesn’t just present itself. While a criminal defendant may decide to offer no evidence during trial, hoping the prosecution will fail to meet its burden, this approach won’t work if the defendant has an affirmative defense. The defendant must offer proof at trial supporting the affirmative defense, meeting the standard of proof set by state law (usually a preponderance of the evidence, which is a lesser standard than the prosecution’s). If the jury concludes that, for example, a preponderance of the evidence supports the defendant’s claim of self-defense, it must acquit.

Some commentators have criticized imposing upon a criminal defendant a proof standard higher than just raising a reasonable doubt as to the prosecution’s case. For example, the Model Penal Code developed by the American Law Institute proposes that a criminal defendant’s evidence supporting his affirmative defense need only raise a reasonable doubt as to culpability. But the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld state laws requiring defendants to prove affirmative defenses.

Defendants usually offer an affirmative defense only when they have more or less conceded that the prosecution can prove all of the elements of the crime. (A vigorous disputing of the prosecutor’s case in chief may not go down too well when the defendant proceeds to offer an affirmative defense. There’s a reason why the old line, taken from a closing argument, elicits laughter: “Ladies and gentlemen, you must acquit! My client wasn’t there! If he was there, he didn’t mean to do it! If he was there and meant to do it, he’s crazy!”)

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Marty. FYI there is no statute of limitations for murder. Maybe this is one you should've kept in the ol' vault.

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I'm fairly sure it goes by law at the time of the crime. Even under today's laws I don't think they could move the case to an adult court. What are they going to do with him in juvenile court now?

If what he said was true he could argue self defense. If his mental health is an issue now any lawyer could fairly easily argue that his "confession" is not reliable.

I met/watched the Midnight Rockers during their time with Verne. If he was playing with a full deck he was as good as (if not better than) Shawn. Yes it was a mid-afternoon electronics store appearance where I met them both but if you had asked me that day which of the two outcomes would happen to who, Is have it reversed every time. Vince should've left them in Minnesota for another year or two. They would've fit into that tag picture better than the big muscle guy era (Demolition/POP/Twin Towers/etc.)