Tus Kws Lij Choj Defeats Chewbacca Kev Tiv Thaiv Hauv Qhov Tseeb Tseem Ceeb Hauv Tsev Hais Plaub

Nyob rau hauv rooj plaub ntawm lub neej tiag tiag tsis zoo li kev ua yeeb yam, tus kws lij choj uas piv rau tus kws lij choj kws lij choj kaw lus rau Chewbacca Kws muaj txuj ci tuaj yeem yeej ntawm kev sim siab. Txawm hais tias tus kws lij choj tau ua "cov lus tsis tsim nyog" los ntawm kev thov kev tiv thaiv los ntawm South Park, ib lub tsev hais plaub hauv tsoom fwv teb chaws kav lub lim tiam dhau los uas nws txwv tsis pub koom nrog kev foob kev ua txhaum cai. Qhov xwm txheej kuj tshwm sim thawj zaug uas tsoomfwv lub tsev hais plaub txiav txim siab tau hais rau Chewbacca Defense.

Tam sim no sib piv nrog kev ua tsis txaus ntseeg tsis yog sequiturs, Chewbacca Defense hnub rov qab rau xyoo 1998 ntawm South Park, “Chef Aid,” qhov twg ib tug parody ntawm legendary kws lij choj Johnnie Cochran tiv thaiv nws cov neeg siv los ntawm kev tham txog yuav ua li cas Chewbacca, ib tug 8-foot-siab Wookie, "nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb Endor." (Kev kuaj qhov tseeb: Nws tsis yog.) Txawm tias Cochran lees paub qhov nws hais tias "tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab," nws tseem muaj peev xwm kov yeej pawg txiav txim (ob zaug).

Tab sis sab nraum South Park, kev tiv thaiv tsis zoo li kev vam meej. Tsis zoo li Chewbacca, rooj plaub uas ua rau lub lim tiam dhau los txiav txim tsis tau pib ntawm lub ntiaj teb Kashyyyk tab sis hauv Jacksonville, Florida. Paul Berkins Moise yog tswv thiab ua lag luam npaj se thiab raug foob rau tsoomfwv cov nqi se dag.

Thaum lub sijhawm kaw cov lus sib cav, Moise pab pawg tiv thaiv tau hais txog qhov tseeb tias IRS cov neeg ua haujlwm tshawb xyuas nws tau hais kom kho lawv cov kev suav thawj zaug txog Moise cov nyiaj tau los thiab cov nuj nqis. Nws cov kws lij choj tau sib cav tias vim tias IRS cov neeg ua haujlwm "ua haujlwm tsis zoo," lawv cov lus pov thawj thiab lawv cov kev hloov kho tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg tau.

Hauv nws qhov kev tawm tsam, Tus Kws Lij Choj Meskas Tus Kws Lij Choj Arnold Corsmeier tau hais tias IRS tus neeg sawv cev qhov kev suav thawj zaug "tsis muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam txog qhov teeb meem no." Hloov chaw, Corsmeier tau sib cav tias qhov kev tiv thaiv tau pov tawm ib qho liab liab reminiscent ntawm Chewbacca Defense los ntawm South Park:

“Thiab kuv tsis xav kom zoo li tig, tab sis qee tus ntawm koj yuav tau pom nws. Kuv xav tias nws yog ib South Park ntu. Thiab muaj ib tug cwj pwm nyob rau ntawd uas yog-plays hom ntawm tus kws lij choj shyster. Thiab muaj ib qho chaw uas nws tau muab nws kaw, thiab nws tso ib daim duab ntawm Wookie los ntawm Star Wars. Thiab nws hais tias: Qhov ntawd yog Wookie. Yuav ua li cas rau qhov no? Tsis muaj dab tsi. Qhov ntawd tsis ua rau muaj kev nkag siab. Cov ntaub ntawv no tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. "

Moise qhov kev tiv thaiv tawm tsam thiab hais tias qhov kev foob tau hais tias nws yog "tus kws lij choj txaj muag." Hauv kev teb, lub tsev hais plaub hauv cheeb tsam tau hais rau pawg txiav txim kom "tsis lees paub ob peb nqe lus kawg ntawm qhov South Park ntu.”

Nrog rau cov nqe lus no tsis pom zoo, ib pawg neeg txiav txim pom Moise tau ua txhaum ntawm 14 suav ntawm kev xa cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug rau cov neeg siv khoom tsis paub thiab peb suav ntawm kev xa rov qab tsis raug rau nws tus kheej. Moise thaum kawg raug txim mus rau 35 lub hlis hauv tsev lojcuj thiab xaj kom them nyiaj rau tsoomfwv Meskas ntau dua $ 77,000 hauv kev them rov qab.

Moise tau thov rov hais dua thiab liam tsoomfwv ntawm kev ua txhaum cai lij choj. Nws tau sib cav tias tus kws lij choj qhov "shyster" cov lus hais "ua rau nws tsis txaus siab rau qhov kev txiav txim siab ncaj ncees," liam tias nws "ua rau lub siab ntawm pawg neeg txiav txim siab thiab yuav lees paub rau qee tus ntawm lawv qhov kev txiav txim siab tawm tsam kws lij choj."

Lub Kaum Ib Hlis US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously tsis sib haum. Txawm hais tias lub tsev hais plaub tau lees paub tias "tus kws lij choj hais lus tsis raug," lub tsev hais plaub tau pom "tsis muaj dab tsi hauv cov ntaub ntawv los qhia tias Moise tau tawm tsam los ntawm 'shyster' hais. Nws yog ib qho lus hais cais nyob rau hauv yim-hnub mus sib hais, thiab peb tsis tuaj yeem hais nws permeated tag nrho mus sib hais. " Thiab cov lus hais tsis tau "ua rau muaj kev txiav txim siab rau Moise txoj cai loj."

Cov kws lij choj rau ob tog tsis kam tawm tswv yim.

Hat tip rau Tsab ntawv xov xwm luv luv Circuit Court los ntawm lub koom haum rau kev ncaj ncees.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2022/11/10/prosecutor-defeats-chewbacca-defense-in-an-actual-federal-court-case/