The murder case, that had been lingering for three plus years was ready to go. The prosecution team was present. The judge was present. The defendant was present. The defense attorney was nowhere to be found.
When the defense attorney contacted the court via zoom. the judge lit into him. It was disgraceful he had failed to appear. The Judge was inconvenienced. She mentioned to the defendant that they may be better off with a new lawyer.
The judge threatened to hold the missing lawyer in contempt.
Rightfully so we think.
The defense attorney's excuse?
They were in the hospital after having a STROKE.
The only surprising thing about this story is that it wasn't a Broward Judge.
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — An attorney who had a stroke and couldn’t make it to court is speaking only to Channel 2 Action News about the tongue-lashing he got from the judge.
Matt Tucker is representing Hannah Payne, who is accused of shooting and killing 62-year-old Kenneth Herring while she was trying to make a citizens arrest after Herring was involved in a hit-and-run accident in 2019.
Jury selection in Payne’s murder trial was supposed to start Monday, but Tucker couldn’t make it to court due to the medical emergency. There is no word when the trial might go forward.
Channel 2′s Tom Jones spoke to Tucker, who is still recovering in the hospital. Tucker is upset because he says Judge Shana Rooks Malone lit into him on national television, saying she was going to hold him in contempt of court because of his “behavior.”
Payne told Malone that Tucker had suffered a stroke Saturday and that he was in the hospital. The judge said that Tucker never contacted her office.
Tucker said his office emailed the court to let the staff know he had a medical emergency. He just doesn’t understand why the judge refused to accept what Payne told her.
“I’ve never lied to the court,” Tucker said. “I’m an officer of the court. It is not a disservice. We’ve been waiting on this trail for three years.”
Tucker said he and Payne are now concerned that she may not get a fair trial. Tucker said he may file a motion to remove Malone from the case.
7 comments:
If she wanted to make a citizen’s arrest she should have called. Wait for it. Herschel Walker of course.
In Broward the judge would have brought the jury down and told the lawyer to appear in 30 min.
Judge Shana came strong on his ass! Fuck your stroke and bow down, crippled old man.
And the system will do everything possible to cover up for that horrible judge and that idiot Liz Scher.
I just got an email from the Florida Supreme Court. They have a store now. Oh boy! I can do all my holiday shopping there!
How did a defendant in custody awaiting the verdict in an armed robbery case manage to get a cup of bleach and drink it?
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/11/21/family-demanding-answers-after-miami-dade-defendant-drinks-cup-of-beach-inside-courtroom/
I watched the tape. I wonder, has that attorney faked illness before to avoid a trial? The judge made reference to him being a no show or late in the past.
Remember when a certain lawyer, now suspended, who wears a head cover common among my Jewish friends who had his clients conveniently come up with chest pains right before jury selection?
This is a classic case of shoot first and ask questions later. Shame on that stupid idiot judge. You sure she's not a Broweird judge?
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