Jury doesn't buy fat-man defence
A jury on Friday convicted a man of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defence that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the... More »
North Bay Nugget - Nov. 8, 2009
NJ jurors convict Fla. man in 'fat defense' trial
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight... More »
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Nov. 7, 2009
Man guilty of murder; "fat" defense rejected
HACKENSACK, N.J. A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of... More »
Denver Post - Nov. 7, 2009
Too Fat to Kill Defense Doesn't Hold Up
A Florida man was convicted of killing his son-in-law after jurors don't buy too fat defense A Florida's man defense that he was too fat to kill didn't convince a New Jersey... More »
TheCelebrityCafe.com - Nov. 8, 2009
Too fat defence fails
A jury rejected a man's claims that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs and killed his former son-in-law, convicting him Friday of murder. Edward Ates... More »
Niagara Falls Review - Nov. 7, 2009