Chewbacca defense
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In a jury trial, the Chewbacca defense is a legal strategy in which a criminal defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury rather than refute the case of the prosecutor. It is an intentional distraction
Johnnie Cochran uses the Chewbacca defense against Chef in the South Park episode "Chef Aid".
The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted fo
Chewbacca defense
…defense" comes from "Chef Aid", an episode of the American animated series South Park. The episode, which premiered on October 7, 1998, satirizes the O. J. Simpson murder trial, particularly attorney Johnnie Cochran's closing argument for the defense. In the episode, a fictionalized version of Cochran bases his argument on a…
Judge Lance Ito presided over the trial
C.S. Foltz Criminal Courts Building
Police officers examining the crime scene
Crime scene photo at Brown's home.