Re: OK, all you EU guys who took the CEH just wasted your money

[David M Chess <chess () us ibm com>]

> That sounds like unadulterated "Comma 22" to me:
> possession of burglarious tools is a felony *only* with intent to commit 
burglary,
> *but* the possession of burglarious tools shall be prima facie evidence 
of an intent to commit burglary.

Well, you have to unpack "prima facie" a little there.  It means "at first 
glace" or "before any rebuttal" or similar things.  It means that if you 
have a crowbar the prosecutor (if he's bored enough, or you hit on his 
daughter) can make a case against you and maybe get you to court, but if 
you can say "sometimes I need to open crates; see, here's an opened crate 
in my garage!", the judge should then say "have a nice day".  For some 
value of "should"...

DC

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