Well, he didn’t say that but his bench warrant was apparently the result of his lawyer not showing up for his court date.
Via ACC Now:
Ginyard said the reason he didn’t show up for his scheduled court date for two misdemeanor charges on violating a noise ordinance and driving with an expired license — thus, earning the warrant — was that he hired a lawyer to do it for him. And the lawyer didn’t show up.
Ginyard is next scheduled to appear in Orange County District Court on July 22.
“Your house is dirty, you hire a maid to come clean it,’’ said Ginyard, a rising senior. “You pay someone $15 dollars to wash your car when it goes to the car wash, so when it comes out on the other side you expect it to be clean. So you can’t make your court date, and you hire a lawyer to go to court for you – and he doesn’t go. I don’t know how else to put it. …. We’re handling it, and it will all be taken care of soon.”
I have actually heard of this kind of thing happening to people and it crossed my mind in this case. In the two cases where I have retained a lawyer to deal with traffic violations(not mine) I found it difficult getting in contact with them to find out if they actually showed up or not. In one instance they had the case continued for a few months. So through no fault of his own Ginyard gets tagged with not showing up to court and finds out while working on an internship in New York.
The upside it is a minor charge and I am sure his lawyer will do some fancy legal tap dancing to resolve the situation.
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As a lawyer, I am obligated to post the following:
“The first thing we do,” said the character in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, is “kill all the lawyers.” The proposal was intended to eliminate those who might stand in the way of a contemplated revolution — thus underscoring the important role that lawyers can play in society.
No offense intended to any lawyers out there.
I just hope his lawyer isn’t a UNC grad….
I hear ya HeelYeah!
Now it’s time for Ginyard to prepare his “Defense” !
I’m a lawyer as well and I hear this is not uncommon among lawyers that travel the minor infraction circuit, unfortunately. That’s a high volume business and, unlike murder trials or corporate deals, traffic infractions and the like can slip through the cracks.
I have a buddy who is an attorney in KC. He got pulled over on his way into work one morning for a traffic infraction and they arrested him. He had an outstanding warrant that stemmed from a citation for not having gutters on a house he was restoring with some buddies. (He never received the notice, which was mailed to the house he was restoring–no mailbox there.) He nearly had to spend the weekend in jail because there were no more hearing slots available until Monday; they slipped him in.
I’m sure Marcus’ lawyer is a Wake Law School grad.
^ Or Campbell?
Funny how folks immediately made assumptions that MG is a scofflaw because he missed court.
The same thing happened to my brother a couple of years back in Chapel Hill. I think often times students who get in trouble will go out of their way to hire lawyers on the sly so parents don’t find out. The result is often the cheapest representation money can buy. Needless to say, you get what you pay for.
I’m not saying this is necessarily the case with RG, but I have numerous ohter friends that had the same thing happen to them with these fly-by-night lawyers in Chapel Hill (in many cases it was the SAME lawyer). While a simple mistake is one thing, preying on college students and HABITUALLY not doing your job is another. Unprofessional at best, grounds for disbarment at worst.
All I know is, if you get a traffic ticket in the Chatham, Lee, Moore, or Harnett County, be sure to call ol’ BBE.
http://www.brickcitylaw.com
I’m sure the original quote, of if I even got this right, but they showed the (kind of) old movie “A Murder of Crows” which I enjoyed, and this was from a scene at a bar I’ve been to in Key West.
“We wouldn’t need lawyers, if it weren’t for lawyers.”
no offense to the above posters