NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER: One-Of-A-Kind Alibi?
After Phillip C. Holliday Jr., 42, crashed his truck into a light pole, he told police that a woman - who he did not name - was behind the wheel at the time of the accident. An exchange of e-mails at the Billings, MT, county prosecutor’s office discussing the case described Holliday’s alibi as a "unicorn defense" - a slang term among prosecutors when a defendant blames a mythical person for a crime. Unfortunately, a deputy prosecutor misunderstood the reference and thought that Holliday claimed that a unicorn was driving in his statement to the police. And that’s just what the chief prosecutor told a district judge in court. When the mistake was discovered, the county attorney apologized to the court and to the defendant. Holliday has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of criminal endangerment and drunken driving.
- The Associated Press, March 15, 2007
At least a unicorn can drive with one hoof on gas, one hovering over the brake, and BOTH HOOVES ON THE WHEEL, yet still can honk with its horn (or whatever the spiky thing is called).
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