hilarious

[Peter Griffin]

http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/vid/16793834

[PCC]

The question still begs...who is the unfortunate person that is going to be responsible for the collection of this swallowed evidence? I'm calling in sick that day.

[L.J.Steele]

There's case law from Florida, and I think CT, that this qualifies as obstruction of justice by destroying evidence. (The Fla and CT cases deal with swallowing drugs during an arrest.) As I recall in those cases, the defendant was given a purgative -- tho in that case it was medically justified due to the risks from ingestion of the drugs. Don't know if there's any legal basis for trying to recover this evidence.

[Pat A. Wertheim]

I would think that allowing the jury to view this video would be more informative (by virtue of its novelty) that showing them the actual note in a zip lock bag.

[Gerald Clough]

Why on Earth would you even keep the note with you. Come on, guy. You're doing a robbery, presumably for cash. You really can afford the materials for a new note for each robbery.

Perhaps his lawyer will plead that it was just his grocery list, and he suffers from pica and is compelled to eat non-food objects. It will help if in court he nibbles on some legal papers, perhaps a couple of pages of the indictment, followed by a candy wrapper for dessert.