Slip of the Plea

I would greatly appreciate anybody going to The Iron Writer and voting for my story. It is a flash fiction contest where we have 4 days to write a 500 word story. We are also given 4 elements that must be included in the story. If you would just click on The Iron Writer, it will take you directly to the stories. Below are the items I was given. 

A car battery

A horse

An Umbrella

Told from the point of view of a defense attorney invoking the Stupidity Defense

Slip of the Plea

The prosecutor rambled on about some meaningless evidence. It wasn’t going to matter anyway. My client is insanely stupid. The jury thinks so too, you can tell by the looks on their faces.

I should be paying attention but it’s such an easy case that I can’t help but think about the things I have to do when I leave. My car battery is quickly dying, so I need to get a new one. Today would be a good day to do that.

“District attorney Sands, what’s your plea?”

“Stupidity,” I blurted before thinking. Great, now I’ve spoken my thoughts. Well, my client was riding a stolen horse, while naked. Oh and it was the middle of December. I think stupid is the word for it.

“Attorney, this is not a joking matter.” the judge warns.

“Your Honor, I mean no disrespect. My client had nothing but an umbrella on in the middle of December. He is either very hot blooded or insanely stupid.” I pause hoping the judge will accept my newly found plea.

Seeing as he is considering it I continue. “I would like the jury to look at the fact of my clients’ wardrobe. He was obviously not in his right mind when he stole that horse.”

The trial continued with me paying full attention. I did not need any more slips. The case lasted a total of 10 minutes. Apparently, my little slip turned out to be a pretty good thing.

Again I would like to thank you for stopping by. If you do have the time to vote I thank you ahead of time. Also, if there are any people that are looking to do something like this feel free to contact the group. We are on Facebook as well. It is a really good group of people. 

~KM