Twinkie Defense: Split from (APOD: 2010 Aug 02)
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:55 pm
Boy! Are you gong to get it from Hostess!! Uh-huh Uh-huh 
I've got a more than competent lawyer:beyond wrote:
Boy! Are you gong to get it from Hostess!! Uh-huh Uh-huh
- <<Justice Antonin Scalia referred to the "Twinkie defense" in discussion of a defendant's right to counsel of choice: "[If I am a defendant,] I don't want a competent lawyer. I want a lawyer who's going to get me off. I want a lawyer who will invent the Twinkie Defense [...] I would not consider the Twinkie Defense an invention of a competent lawyer [...] but I want a lawyer who's going to win for me.">>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense wrote:
<<"Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not an actual legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catchall term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco City supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression. His change in diet from health food to Twinkies and other sugary food was said to be a symptom of depression. The media misinterpreted this defense as a claim that sugary food was itself responsible for White's criminal behavior. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.>>