People v. Cecil H.
Aug 16, 2007OUTCOME: Hung Jury-Case Dismissed (two trials)
Client, an elderly gentleman, was accused of his wife of putting a gun to her head in the middle of the night and threatening to kill her. He was charged with attempted murder. Case was reduced after ... arrest to assault with a deadly weapon including a gun use allegations. We learned that the wife had been feeding husband a handful of vitamins every day, including a high dosage of vitamin K. Client was taking a ablood thinner called cumadin. Vitamin K counteracts the effects of cumadin. Client's heart condition was worsening. During this vitamin K poisoning, client was changing the beneficiaries of his insurance policies, and excluding the wife. Wife found out about this, make a false allegation of attempted murder to the police, and had the husband arrested. Then she shreaded all of his insurance policies that showed he had excluded her as the beneficiary of his insurance policies. Within a week of being in jail, his heart condition stabilized. Wife was no longer doping him with Vitamin K. The jury hung twice and the case was dismissed. Wife was never charged.
