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The evidence will show that he earned about $100,000 per year, which was more than seven times the minimum amount requiring him to file. High point in the Prosecution?s (P?s) side was when the P said (in regards to what Larken would say in his defense) that: ?the defendant will put forth a story, a ridiculous story.? The J interrupted the P and said: Don?t comment on D?s story, don?t talk about what he is going to say, talk about what you are going to present.
Indeed so. I'm no fan of Larken Rose, but it's a good thing the judge is sticking to the idea of a fair trial. While it shouldn't be impossible to convict people of willful failure to file or any other crime, it should be difficult to do it: just because the prosecutor says so doesn't make it so. That's what juries are for.
What is true is that after Larken will present his case the prosecution will have the right to talk about what he did present in their summation. But not before.
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