Gee, I wonder which judge you're referring to... Day donuts enjoy regular people hours, not court time.
They always seem to make sure ALL my court days are scheduled on my on days. Kinda funny since the liaison office requests in advance, which days we prefer/can not. I used to prefer court on my off days, but, well I keep getting it on my working days or days I can't (ie: furlough). So now I don't bother...
The game at my place is that they cancel court appearances for night officers before they confirm the case is settled in order to save a few bucks. Then, when the plea deal falls through or the defendant changes his mind, the prosecutor calls you in a panic, trying to get you to court. So far, all the times that's happened on work days, I forgot to turn my phone on, and on my days off I've always had a few beers on-board, so they want nothing to do with me coming in.
A judge in my court did not like drivers to be arrested for operating after license suspension. One time when my department arrested one the judge ordered the charges dismissed without court costs and with, as he said, "the apologies of the court." The defendant sued for false arrest in superior court. The town's lawyers had the case removed to federal court, since a violation of the defendant's 4th Amendment rights had been alleged. Federal court is as serious as death and is no place for hack lawyers, which the defendant's lawyer -- also his father -- was. The case was dismissed quickly as the defendant's own filing showed that the officer had probable cause for the arrest and, therefore, the defendant failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The even better news is that the attorney is now indefinitely suspended from the practice. Not for this bull, but for other sins.
I had an OUI second trial scheduled for this past Thursday. At 10:00, an ADA says, "You can go, it's got a new date for a disposition. He's taking a plea." Splendid, I get my 4. Then I ask "I assume the .21 BT stayed in and that's why the plea?" The response..."I don't think so, I don't see any mention of a BT and I didn't summons the keeper of records." SMH...don't worry about the small details. Fuck it.
Their time in the DA's office is laughable - they don't give a damn about the case, they just want it off their desks. Read the report? Are you kidding? That'd be like... working !
C'mon, it's not April Fool's Day for another 7 months....... They must have had shitty lawyers, because NO ONE goes jury trial at QDC. Bench Trial, NG.
That's somewhat encouraging, but not much use to me, since I NEVER go to court anymore, other than probation surrenders in other courts, and our felony bounty program. Would that lawyer happen to be retired from the bench?
If I ever get to settle the bet we had, I'll tell you exactly why I don't like him, and I think it's for a pretty good reason, nothing of which has to do with him being treated like royalty by judges just because he used to be one himself.
No one can bat 1.000 all the time. Maybe they take one for the team on face value since the news reporters are sniffing around so much. Then they can point with pride and say, "Hey, we sometimes lose too!"
From Fed Court- Boston: Guy on wrong side of the road OUI, almost sideswipes cruiser, after stop operator and passenger roll with cops (ME, so no hearsay here). Arrest made. Oper on Fed probation for Interstate gun charges, we go before Judge Wolfe (see other thread). Wolfe lets guy go, innocent until proven guilty, no violation unless convicted. Fed Prob Officer tells me this guy and his brother are low level mob enforcers, and some time back they killed a guy and left his torso (no head, hands, feet) in the marsh behind Suffolk Downs, couldn't get them on the murder, but got them on the gun charge related to testimony from case. Here's where it gets weird... Guy's lawyer was Sal DiMasi, then State Rep, on his way to Speaker of the House. He judge shops and gets the case tossed. We all know where Sal is now Fed Probation Officer retires, passes the bar and defends scumbags in Fed Court. He was repping a Drug Dealer and needed cash- the guy tells him where he buried some in the woods near his house, he keeps the cash, because the Feds case was a winner. Star witness dies, the guy gets off. Of course he wants his money back, so Fred the Fed hires two hitmen to off the dealer-they botch it, get caught and roll on Fred. He's now Fred the Fed(eral Prisoner) And the Scumbag-crashes his car into a flat bed tow truck OUI, and is decapitated. Karma is a bitch!
