Originally Posted by
Blue Roads
Wrong. A moderately smart prosecuting attorney in a civil suit could play the obvious bike angle: "My unarmed client wanted the defendant's bike and nothing more, and the defendant shot him." Good luck with that jury deliberation.
"The defendant was already moving at speed on his bicycle (at this time I'd like to admit into evidence the defendants onboard computer, which shows a top speed of 27 MPH), and had a considerable lead on my client. He could have just ridden away, but instead the defendant chose to
stop his bike, drew this nickel plated, Desert Eagle .50 caliber magnum handgun (exibit D, a weapon many in the jury will be familiar with from movies such as "Pulp Fiction"), and fired at my unarmed client 7 times."
Yeah, good luck with that.
-DR