NEW COUNTY COURT JUDGES IN THE CROSS HAIRS

REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD:

Captain said that "Hector Lombana is also the campaign treasurer for two County Court campaigns: Judge Steve Leifman..."That might explain why Lombana was urging candidates to jump races and run against Judge Hernandez. It looks like political playback to Juan D'Arce for having fielded Juan Gonzalez against Judge Leifman


Ivan Hernandez Campaign Machine?

Hernandez is the furthest thing from lazy. You obviously haven't been in his courtroom for awhile. As a matter of fact, when he heard that South Dade cases were being sent to MJB, he told the powers that be to send them back. Those calendars were sent to MJB after the previous judges in South Dade complained about having too much work. When Ivan cranks up the calendars in the morning he usually does not get up from the bench until he is finished.To top it all off, he is a campaigning machine, a veteran of a foreign war, a Cuban-American and well qualified for the position that he holds. I'd put his stats up against any other branch Judge in the county!Go Ivan!


A poor beleaguered attorney North of The Border checks in:

being up here north of the border its so amusing to see all the dissatisfaction with the judges in dade. Up here everyone is happy with our judges so we dont have any controversy


New Judges Draw criticism:

A reader complains:

You should see how Norma Lindsey runs her court. She still has no idea what she is doing and NEVER rules for the defense.Boy will she get an opponent and for good reason.Arzola is almost as bad.Why do we get stuck with these new civil lawyers as judges in Criminal court. They can not do the job in a competent manner.They need to be in branch court.

Another reader witnessed this train wreck:

On Friday, Judge Lindsey had a pro se motion to dismiss in her courtroom. The state was not prepared, as usual. She denied the motion, even though the case law was on the defendant's side. The state did not present a single case to rebut the defendant's argument. The state kept looking at the defendant's material, since they didn't even have the motion or materials themselves. It's nice to know that our state attorney's office is so well prepared to argue these cases. Maybe Kathy Rundle should look into this herself, since obviously Daisy Rodriguez is not. These new prosecutors need to get off their high horse and learn hot to practice law ethically. This is the real world, not law school. Judge Norma Lindsey needs to go soon, as she has no IDEA what she's doing.

Another reader has this to say:

That pro se defendant in Lindsey's court was denied justice because of the judge's incompetence and her bias in favor of the state. He or she must have left the court with a bad taste in his or her mouth believen that no matter what the case law says, justice is rigged in favor of the State.

Rumpole says: Who is the genius who tells the new Judges “if you don’t know what to do, just look to the State for an answer?”
Any of these legal eagles ever hear of the “Rule of Lenity.?”

For you new Judges, we are sure you know what we are talking about, but just in case, here is the rule, as shocking as it may seem to you newbie Judges:

775.021 Rules of construction.
(1) The provisions of this code and offenses defined by other statutes shall be strictly construed; when the language is susceptible of differing constructions, it shall be construed most favorably to the accused.

However, under the Rothenberg Doctrine (TRD) any attorney citing the rule of lenity may be subject to flogging, keelhauling, disbarment, or ridicule by the 3rd DCA.

See you in court citing the rule of lenity.