You Can't Cover The Sun With A Finger

I was assigned a new case last week from one of our veteran attorneys, it's a felony charge with a due date some time in the middle of next month.

A drug case.

What's new right?

Police Facts: Client is high at home (yes, it's meth), client gets naked, client runs out of his house naked, neighbors report naked client to cops, client gets arrested after reaaaaaally long naked chase, cops find drugs in his room.

Anyhoot, I went out this afternoon to work on this case (among others) and just got back into the office. I need to write a report.There are a few search issues I found after interviewing a few witnesses at the clients home, but I'm not going to get into that.

I interviewed our clients roommate (his aunt or Tia in Espanol). She says that she suspected the client was using and tried explaining this to his mother (her sister) and family but nobody ever tried helping him. We talk for about 40 minutes and after I'm done with the interview, our clients mother (Josefina) walks into the house. I introduce myself and she sits down with us at the dinner table. We make a little small talk, then Tia starts talking about Josefina's son, Oscar.

Tia says, "Josefina, you need to talk to Oscar. His brothers say he is using drugs." Josefina is in total denial, puts her hands over her ears (yeah, it's always worked for me!) and says, "No, not my Oscar!" Josefina thought that Oscar had received a speeding ticket and that's what I was doing there.

They go back and forth for a while with mom denying and getting angry at the Tia. Tia finally says to Josefina, "You can't cover the the sun with a finger. The only thing you're protecting is your eyes, the rest of the world knows the sun is still shining." Tia then gets up from the table, thanks me and leaves the house to go to work (she works nights at a local factory).

I don't know if the covering the sun thing is an old saying but it's the smartest thing I've heard anyone say in years.