There's a trial going on in Dallas. Elizabeth Prezio was riding her bike on the Katy Trail in 2007 when she was attacked by Jose Torres and a juvenile. They wanted to steal her ipod. She was beaten and kicked repeatedly, causing multiple broken bones. She said she remembers her attackers laughing during the assault.
These brilliant criminals were caught when they used Prezio's cellphone to call Torres' girlfriend. So what is Torres' defense? It wasn't aggravated robbery -- Torres' attorney says Ms. Prezio had "pre-existing medical conditions that contributed to her condition after the attack." So, according to this theory, as long as somebody is already sick or otherwise debilitated, go ahead and beat the stuffing out of them and take their possessions. They can't pin aggravated robbery on you, because they were already in bad shape!
All I can say is, if that's the best defense this idiot has, he should have just gone ahead and pled guilty!
"Woman: I was kicked, laughed at on Katy Trail." The Dallas Morning News; February 25, 2009; p. 6B.
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