Kill your son in law...No, your too fat!!

cabin111
on 10/29/09 2:15 am

Just thought this was interesting...

Man using 'fat' defense in NJ depicted as marksman.

AP – Edward Ates is shown in this undated photo provided by his attorney and released by the Trenton, NJ prosecutor's … By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer Beth Defalco, Associated Press Writer – 10 mins ago

HACKENSACK, N.J. – New Jersey prosecutors are trying to portray a Florida man who claims he was too fat to have killed his former son-in-law as a skilled marksman.

Edward Ates (aytz) claims he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot Paul Duncsak (DUNS'-kak) and make a quick getaway.

Under cross-examination Thursday, Ates admitted he once used his revolver to shoot a snake during a road trip.

The 62-year-old was 285 pounds when Duncsak was killed in 2006.

Duncsak and Ates' daughter were involved in a bitter custody dispute after their divorce.

A defense lawyer says the prosecution theory would mean that the killer would have had to run up a set stairs. He says Ates couldn't have done that and fired a gun accurately. He says exertion would cause his hands to shake.

NNicholas
on 10/29/09 5:36 pm - Oxford, MI

RNY on 03/25/08

I better hide before I get called as an expert witness for the prosecution. I hunted and shot just as accurately when I was near 500 lbs.

"I refuse to measure success in pounds lost, but rather in life gained!"
Nick

Batwingsman
on 11/1/09 5:20 am, edited 11/1/09 5:20 am - Garland, TX

DS on 08/12/06

Yes, but did you run up a flight of staris just before that?

Heck, @ 461 I couldn't barely MOVE up a flight of stairs .. I would be so badly out of breath afterward .. and I was much younger than he was ..

I think he has a plausible defense, as long as his family M.D. backs it up ..

(wait a mintue, isn't that Wilford Brimley???

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Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "

HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )