I love a good story. The defendant is accused of a host of serious crimes. His counsel requests a continuance of trial. Why? So that the attorney can appear in an Ernest Hemingway look-a-like contest. The court gamely explained that:

Between a muder-for-hire trial and an annual look-alike contest, surely Hemingway, a perfervid admirer of “grace under pressure,” would choose the trial. At his most robust, Hemingway exemplified the intrepid defense lawyer...

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