The Unknown Defendant

You won't see this strategy on Law & Order. Boston Legal, maybe. From the AP:

A man accused of theft arrived for a preliminary hearing wearing a cardboard box on his head in an effort to conceal his identity.

Justin Michael Kalich, 26, wore the box at the suggestion of his lawyer while he waited outside a judge's office for an appointment Thursday morning.

"I'm trying to think outside of the box, so to speak," attorney Jeff Leonard said.

And his lawyer "made it go away," with no time. Just one question: Why "reel wire"?