Florida Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

A make-up artist will be brought in to cover up offensive tattoos on the face and neck of a neo-Nazi on trial for murder in Pasco, Florida. The tattoos have been acquired in the time since John Allen Ditullio Jr.’s arrest for a stabbing that took place in 2006 that left a 17-year old dead. One tattoo is an expletive and another is a swastika that cannot be covered by a shirt collar.

Ditullio’s defense lawyer successfully argued that the tattoos may intimidate or influence the jury and way them away from the facts in the case. The neo-Nazi is on trial for first degree murder and attempted murder. His lawyer argued that it was no different than allowing a defendant to change out of his jailhouse clothes and into a suit for trial.