DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARGUES “NECESSITY” DEFENSE FOR FITZPATRICK by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 21, 2013) — On Wednesday, a hearing for CDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.) was held at the Tennessee Appeals Court in Knoxville, TN during which Fitzpatrick’s attorney, Van Irion, informed the three-judge panel that Fitzpatrick had removed papers from the Monroe County courthouse on […]