Judge Paul Cosgrove was already having a bad day. He was at a meeting of the full Canadian Judicial Council, trying to keep his job. (A panel of 5 judges had voted 4-1 to remove him.) And at that meeting (per the Globe and Mail) … Adding to Judge Cosgrove’s…
Oh no you didn’t just cite Ludacris, federal Judge Terence T. Evans. Okay, maybe “cite” is a little misleading, but still … from footnote 1 in U.S. v. Murphy The trial transcript quotes Ms. Hayden as saying Murphy called her a snitch bitch “hoe.” A “hoe,” of course, is a…
Perhaps there is one such family. It involves something that has probably never happened before, nor is it likely to ever happen again. On the same day, the New York Commission on Judicial Conduct found that two brothers should be removed from the bench. The North Country Gazette identified the…
Connecticut Judge E. Curtissa Cofield said she had one beer and one mixed drink three hours before her blood alcohol level came in at .17, more than twice the legal limit. What do you think she would say if someone made the same claim in her courtroom? As reported in…
In Italy, you can be a part-time Judge and a practicing attorney. So there were these identical twins, one of whom was a part-time Judge and a lawyer. The other sister had finished law school, but was not a practicing attorney, or so everyone thought. Seems the Judge (Gabriela Odisio)…
Beyond a reasonable doubt, this violates the 8th Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Seems that Colorado Judge Paul Sacco was tired of seeing the same rockers in his courtroom for noise violations. It was obvious to him that the fines were not a deterrent. So he came up…
Having been charged with OUI (operating under the influence), Jorge Pinto appeared for a Hearing before Judge James McGovern of Bristol County, Massachusetts. The problem? Pinto was drunk – in court! The Judge was tipped off to this, so he ordered a breathalyzer test. It showed that Mr. Pinto’s blood…
If you’re out on bail for some serious crimes, how do you leave the country, without permission, and not get in trouble? Here’s how: you’re in the Army, and your unit gets called to Iraq (and nobody tells the Judge!) Per the Alabama Press-Register: In May 2006 a grand jury…
What could a Judge do to please so many men? As reported by the AP: It won’t be last call for ladies’ night. A New York federal judge has a tossed out a suit claiming that drink discounts for women discriminate against men. The case was filed by attorney Roy…
Several parents have accused Cameron County (Texas) Justice of the Peace Gustavo “Gus” Garza of ordering them to paddle or spank their kids in court. Per The Brownsville Herald: This morning, [Judge] Limas will hear the request for a temporary restraining order against Garza first brought last week by Mary…