Pardon the cynicism – but really, jurors? Wednesday, New York City jurors have acquitted Tennessee Titans backup quarterback Chris Simms.
He is guilt-free in the 30-year-old’s driving-while-high misdemeanor case – he was originally arrested at a sobriety checkpoint last summer. The verdict didn’t take long Wednesday.
Per The Associated Press:
A police officer stated that Simms was “zombie”-like and said he’d been smoking marijuana. His lawyer said the officer misunderstood Simms when he said a passenger had been smoking the drug.
The passenger, Charles Granatell, testified Tuesday that he smoked pot while Simms made a brief stop at another friend’s birthday party. Granatell said he’d never seen Simms smoke marijuana since they met roughly 12 years ago.
Again, forgive the cynicism but how many more times is the public going to hear the “It wasn’t mine it was my friends pot” excuse. That might be the oldest excuse in the pot book. Except maybe “I didn’t inhale.”
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