Actually, what we have here is a "cold case" from 2008, where the crime was not actually solved.
In reality, all we really have here are unsubstantiated allegations about Mrs. JOHNTHOMAS; merely rumors of improper mowing habits. Without photographic evidence of the alleged misconduct, I tend to agree with Mrs JOHNTHOMAS's interpretation of events. After all, the mower is still on the tractor unharmed, so who are we to believe?
Mrs. JT saw climatic conditions suitable for a relaxing day of tractor use, and was excited about "seat time." I ask you ladies and gentlemen, does that sound foreign to you? NO! That's like so many of us, and very common on this very forum. So she used the alleged tractor and allegedly mowed improperly, but the fact is, the tractor and mower was unharmed.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THE SAME....used a tractor all day, and enjoyed it, only to bring it back completely unharmed. Who is the victim in this alleged crime? WHO I say?
Let us turn our gaze to her partner in the alleged crime, the co-conspirator so to speak...the person who started the tractor, warmed it up, watched our innocent potential victim take the wheel, and then directed her toward the ditch.
What type of person does this? Does it sound like a setup to you? Entrapment perhaps? After all, you would think if there were actually seat time to be had, Mr JT would have sought the seat time for himself, or perhaps flipped a coin for said seat time, but to willingly start a tractor, and hand it off to another....just seems suspicious to me, and I am sure to all of you as well.
One witness has testified that Mrs JT has years of experience with a variety of Kubota tractors, so I ask you, the Jurors, who do YOU believe?