But The Cop Didn't Show
• Simple JusticeFew sounds are better to a
defendant's ear than the dulcet tones of a judge saying "case dismissed"
because the arresting officer failed to appear for trial. Well, "not
guilty" is better, but that puts the defendant through the cost and
misery of trial. How wonderful to avoid it all. Except when the
defendant is a Florida Highway Patrol trooper who's conduct killed a
woman, injured another and sent as 12-year-old hurtling through a
windshield.
