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Parcells helps former Dolphins coach get out of jury duty?
Senior U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King, overseeing jury selection for a civil trial at the Key West courthouse, asked prospective jurors if anyone had cause to be excused. Three hands shot up. A lady said she cared for her disabled brother. Excused, King said. A man explained he had a job-related issue. Excused, too.
A third fellow stepped forward and said his name was James Johnson. He knew the importance of jury duty, he said, but he had a special houseguest and, please, if he wasn't really needed, could he be excused?
Besides, he said, he'd been a defendant in a few minor civil suits, so maybe the lawyers wouldn't want him anyway. 'I said, `What's your business?' '' King recalls. Fox Sports analyst, he said, according to the MIAMI HERALD.
King looked at him funny. ''Did you coach?'' ``Yes.'' ''Where?'' King asked.
Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys, University of Miami, Oklahoma State. He rattled off others -- Iowa State, Wichita State.
''That's enough,'' said King as folks in the courtroom laughed. By then, the judge realized it was Jimmy Johnson.
King, 79, joked about his lousy hearing and wisecracked: ``Now I've proven that I can't see very well, either. I should have recognized you.''
Johnson, 63, an Islamorada resident, told King his houseguest was Bill Parcells, who recently retired as Dallas head coach. He planned to take the Big Tuna fishing.
King excused Johnson, but not before asking him to predict the Gators' record for next season. Johnson recalls that exchange. 'I said, `I have no idea. I'm the worst in the world at picking games.' ''
Senior U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King, overseeing jury selection for a civil trial at the Key West courthouse, asked prospective jurors if anyone had cause to be excused. Three hands shot up. A lady said she cared for her disabled brother. Excused, King said. A man explained he had a job-related issue. Excused, too.
A third fellow stepped forward and said his name was James Johnson. He knew the importance of jury duty, he said, but he had a special houseguest and, please, if he wasn't really needed, could he be excused?
Besides, he said, he'd been a defendant in a few minor civil suits, so maybe the lawyers wouldn't want him anyway. 'I said, `What's your business?' '' King recalls. Fox Sports analyst, he said, according to the MIAMI HERALD.
King looked at him funny. ''Did you coach?'' ``Yes.'' ''Where?'' King asked.
Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys, University of Miami, Oklahoma State. He rattled off others -- Iowa State, Wichita State.
''That's enough,'' said King as folks in the courtroom laughed. By then, the judge realized it was Jimmy Johnson.
King, 79, joked about his lousy hearing and wisecracked: ``Now I've proven that I can't see very well, either. I should have recognized you.''
Johnson, 63, an Islamorada resident, told King his houseguest was Bill Parcells, who recently retired as Dallas head coach. He planned to take the Big Tuna fishing.
King excused Johnson, but not before asking him to predict the Gators' record for next season. Johnson recalls that exchange. 'I said, `I have no idea. I'm the worst in the world at picking games.' ''
