STOP THE PRESSES!

Stop the presses. Breaking news! The Miami Herald has called REGJB ace criminal defense attorney Alex Michaels.....steady now......ACERBIC!!! The title of the post links to the Miami Herald article.

Michaels is representing 17 year old Andy Rodriguez in a tragic case where Rodriguez is accused of stabbing to death a fellow Coral Gables Senior Highschool student during a fight.

Yesterday there was an Arthur Hearing before Judge Tunis, complete with a separate metal detector outside of the courtroom. Long time and careful blog readers will remember that when Michaels appeared at the initial hearing in Juvenile court, a melee broke out behind him outside the courthouse as he was being interviewed.

From the Article:

"Who ordered the circus outside?'' Michaels complained to the judge. ``Extra security. Extra cops. Extra metal detectors. I find it very offensive and unnecessary.''

And then this shocking bit of reportage:

"The acerbic Michaels squabbled with Segovia, drawing admonishments from the judge. He asked the detective if it appeared in the surveillance video that Rivera was swinging at his client."

As an adjective, "acerbic" is commonly defined as

sour or astringent in taste: harsh or severe, as of temper or expression. "Acerbic" just doesn't seem to fit with us regarding Michaels. We seem to recall that Former 3rd DCA Judge Rudy Sorrondo called Michaels "contumacious" in an opinion. That seems a better fit. ROTHSTEIN'S LOO:

Meanwhile, and somehow this fits- here is picture of Scott Rothstein's toilet. Bob Norman of the Daily Pulp has pictures of the inside of chez Rothstein. As one acerbic commentator on Norman's blog wrote: "He should be charged with Felony bad taste."

Indeed.

DOLPHINS WIN LAST NIGHT!

Have a good weekend. It's snowing here. Again.