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Jeffrey Allen Wallace was charged with a series of rapes which had terrorized the suburban communities of Contra Costa County. Wallace had been dubbed the "I-680" rapist by the media because he struck along the freeway corridor of the same name. However, he was known to police as the "flex-tie rapist" because he tied his victims up with flex-ties; plastic strips similar to disposable police handcuffs.Wallace had been tied to the rapes through a combination of circumstantial evidence and DNA. Although none of the victims ever saw Wallace directly, the circumstantial evidence was strong enough to show that the same man had committed all of the charged offenses; the general description was the same, the use of flex-ties, the use of a lubricant, the modus operandi--all showed that we were dealing with a single perpetrator. The DNA evidence taken from two of the rapes proved that the man was Wallace. However, the science of DNA was still new and subject to question in 1990, and I was unsure whether the jury would accept it as proof beyond a reasonable doubt.One of the most brutal rapes occurred on a Friday afternoon, in the City of San Ramon. It was the strongest of the cases because the victim, a 15 year old girl, was able to identify the upholstery of Wallace's truck (she had been bound, blindfolded and taken from her home to a remote location) as well as the music he played on his tape deck (Bad Company -- a tape later found in Wallace's truck). The victim was released at approximately 4:15 p.m. after negotiating with Wallace to spare her life. DNA samples matched Wallace.At trial, the defense presented an alibi witness. She testified that, on the Friday in question, she left her work in Concord at 4:30 and went directly to a bowling alley across the street. There she saw Wallace, whom she spoke to. She produced a time card to corroborate the time she left work. This witness was critical to the defense because it is not possible to get from San Ramon to Concord on a Friday afternoon in less than 40 minutes. I was very concerned because the witness did not appear to have any strong connection with Wallace, other than as a bowling league acquaintance. Yet she was certain about her recollection of the time, and I was unable to shake her testimony on cross-exam. This witness was very troubling, because if one of the incidents fell, particularly one that relied on DNA evidence, then Wallace would probably be acquitted on all of them.When I returned to the office after the day's court session, I received the call of my life. An anonymous female called to tell me that she had been following the case in the newspaper, and she was concerned that Wallace might get off. She said that she knew the people involved and that Wallace had confessed to his girlfriend because the girlfriend had told her (of course, the girlfriend denied this on the stand). I then asked the caller about the alibi witness who had just testified. The caller said that the witness had not made it to the bowling alley until 5:30 that afternoon because she had to pick her car up at the auto shop after work and had to wait until it was finished. The tipster thought that the car might have been repaired at the local Firestone shop.At this time of the evening, the Firestone shop had already closed. I instructed my investigator to be at the shop at the crack of dawn to see if they had some sort of repair record. Though I was skeptical that such a key piece of evidence would turn up so late in the trial, I made a personal promise that if the record did exist, I would never smoke another cigarette. I could hardly sleep that night.The next morning, I tried to forget about the Firestone shop, because there was a strong likelihood that the defendant would take the stand that morning and I had to concentrate on my cross-examination. I went down to court and finished my cross-examination of the defendant's father, who tried to provide an alibi for one of the other rapes, but whom I had shredded on cross-examination.Just as I finished, my investigator burst into the courtroom with a big grin on his face and a piece of paper in his hand. The jury turned to see what the commotion was, and Wallace and his attorney watched with great curiosity as I walked back to the door to confer with my investigator. Sure enough, he had found the Firestone receipt for the day in question. Better still, the receipt noted the exact time the car was picked up, and required the customer to initial the time. There, on the receipt, were the witness' initials, next to the time "5:25 p.m." I almost shouted out loud "Gotchya!"I immediately asked to approach the bench. "I want to recall Ms. ______" I told the judge, "right now!" The defense attorney began to sputter about late discovery and unfair prejudice to his client and how he would move for a mistrial if this “new evidence” was admitted. For a moment, I was afraid the judge wouldn't allow the evidence. The judge said to defense counsel, "she's subject to being recalled, counsel, I want her back in here immediately." I said, "we'll get her judge, my investigator is already on his way."The woman retook the stand, and when shown the Firestone receipt, she began to cry. She admitted she must have been mistaken, and apologized to the jury. I felt a little bit sorry for her, as it was clear she just had the wrong week in mind – and that defense counsel had reassured her that her testimony was correct.A blown alibi is devastating to the defense. Wallace was convicted of all 49 counts and received a sentence of 303 years. However, as I quipped to the news reporters, "with good behavior, he'll only do half that." I never smoked again.People v. Wallace (1993)14 Cal. App. 4th 651 [17 Cal. Rptr. 2d 721]

It’s Miami.No, not that one.Going by the 2016 Presidential election results, the ‘reddest’ county by political leaning is Roberts County, in the Texas panhandle, where 95% of votes were for Trump. Admittedly those 95% comprises only 524 people - but that’s a lot more than the 20 souls who voted Clinton.The county seat of Roberts is Miami, Texas:The top ten ‘reddest’ counties were:Roberts County, TX (95% for Trump)King County, TX (94%)Grant County, NE (93%)Hayes County, NE (92%)Motley County, TX (92%)Glasscock County, TX (92%)Shackelford County, TX (92%)McMullen County, TX (91%)Wallace County, KS (91%)Garfield County, MT (91%)Data from here: https://data.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/usa-2016-presidential-election-by-county%40public/table

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