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ATHENS-Members of the Athens Mayor’s Youth Commissioner participated in a mock trial today at the Limestone County Courthouse.
They played the roles of a defendant accused of public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance, the judge, members of the jury, the prosecutor and even an unruly girlfriend who was in the audience and hollered and called a witness a liar.
The jury determined the defendant was not guilty because the public intoxication arrest that led to the possession charge was made on private property, not public property.