SODDI Defense

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The SODDI Defense is one of the most common defenses used by defendants in criminal trials. SODDI is an acronym standing for "Some Other Dude Did It," or "Some Other Dude Done It" and thus, derives its name based on how criminal defendants, rather than how attorneys or judges, tend to speak. The SODDI defense is often used when there is no question that a crime occurred, such as in murder or assault cases, where the defendant is not asserting self-defense. The SODDI defense is often accompanied by a mistaken identity defense and/or an alibi defense.

One of the most famous examples of the SODDI defense being used successfully was the O.J. Simpson murder case, in which Simpson's attorneys argued that Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered by hitmen sent by drug dealers.