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OK - Indecent exposure trial is ordered - A Tulsa County district judge faces a felony count

View the article here 02/03/2009 By BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer Tulsa County District Judge Jesse Harris must face trial on a felony count of indecent exposure, an out-of-county judge ruled Monday. Osage County District Judge M. John Kane IV indicated that after "having carefully considered the law and the evidence," he found sufficient evidence to order Harris bound over for trial. Kane slated a March 3 arraignment for Harris, at a time and place to be determined by a new judge who is likely to be assigned by State Supreme Court Chief Justice James Edmondson. According to state statute, a judge who conducts a preliminary hearing shall not also handle the trial "except with the consent of all parties." Allen Smallwood, one of Harris' defense lawyers, said that a different judge will handle a trial in the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).