Tag Archives: Donald Charles Davis

Jailhouse Lawyer (19)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

Thanks, Donald Charles Davis, for spelling out an important concept: “More than 96 percent of all federal defendants plead guilty. Ninety percent of the four percent who insist on inconveniencing the system with a trial are found guilty. Once they … Continue reading →

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Dressup and Playacting (14)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

The classics are the classics for a reason. This is from Lenny Bruce’s Berkeley Concert (1965): I think in 1951 there were probably about 7,000 dope fiends in the state and maybe 50 narcotics officers. Today probably there are about … Continue reading →

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Quintessential Undercover (13)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

Also in Laughlin (but not at Harrah’s) was Jay Dobyns, aka Jay “Bird” Davis (no relation to Donald Charles Davis, who has studied Dobyns as carefully as any academic biographer.) Just another monumentally self-mythologizing ATF cowboy, this is a man … Continue reading →

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