Criminal Law

SIX NAMES TO CRIST

Posted on April 20, 2010
The following six names were sent to Governor Crist by the JNC to replace Judge Peggy Gehl: BRENDA Di IOIA JERRY WILLIAMS NICK LOPANE MINDY BROWN MICHELE RICCA JIM COBB MAY THE CANDIDATE BEST ABLE TO HELP CHARLIE CRIST BEAT RUBIO WIN

TUESDAY NOTES

Posted on April 20, 2010
Sheila Alu Day - by now everyone knows that disgraced former Sheriff Ken Jenne (Satz's chum) has lost his pension for good.  Something like $135,000 a year for life, sacrificed for a lousy $150,000 in ill gotten gains (that we know about).  Well, it got us thinking...

BRESLAW v. ROBINSON

Posted on April 19, 2010
Attorney Jordan Howard Breslaw has filed for County Court Group 14, against Judge Mary Robinson. The filing is here. Here's a bit of info on Breslaw, by Bob Norman in 2006. WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN EASIER TO JUST GIVE THE PEOPLE WHO CARE A "SEAT AT THE TABLE"?

MONDAY NOTES

Posted on April 19, 2010
Attention ASAs and APDs - free lunch courtesy of BACDL this Thursday at the 110 Tower.  Judges and members get in free too. Click here  for the flyer advertising the event, featuring speechifying by Chief Criminal Judge Marty Bidwill.  We're told all the candidates will be there too, so it might be worth checking out for the dirty looks alone...

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AL SCHREIBER WEIGHS IN

Posted on April 19, 2010
BROWARD COUNTY CAMPAIGNS by Al Schreiber I regret to inform the voters and the lawyers in Broward  County that I am not running for a judgeship.  Also, I am not Alan Schneider, who just filed to run against incumbent Circuit Judge Elijah Williams. Thanks, nonetheless, for all the phone calls and support for my non-existent campaign...

SUNDAY NOTES

Posted on April 18, 2010
Trial Stats through March - get your trial stats here, as released by the Clerk's Office on April 15th.  The judges' year to date totals follow the March numbers.  Keep in mind that judges get a trial credit for a case that pleads after a jury is sworn, if you're looking at the numbers with a critical eye...

SCHNEIDER vs. WILLIAMS

Posted on April 15, 2010
Attorney Alan B Schneider has filed for circuit court, against Judge Elijah Williams. The filing is here. And there are still two weeks left until the April 30th filing deadline ... (Thanks to "Judge Williams has opposition")

MISS MANNERS SAYS ...

Posted on April 14, 2010
Making a list, and checking it twice ? nasty anonymous comments are once again the topic du jour, dear readers.  This time we?re told the SAO is up in arms, over a recent onslaught of baddies concerning ASAs involved in the Zolnoor Affair (imagine that), and the sliming of good girl Allison Kelliher in Spitgate...

WEDNESDAY NOTES

Posted on April 14, 2010
A little law, for a change - click here for a Practice Advisory prepared by The Immigrant Defense Project, titled Duty of Criminal Defense Counsel Representing Immigrants After Padilla v. Kentucky (April 6, 2010).  Everyone knows the INS isn't messing around these days, so give it a click to get up to speed...

JAABCAM

Posted on April 13, 2010
1.) Bo & Jerry present the thirty-first annual Law Day, on Friday, April 30th; 2.) That's Palm Beach macher Jack Fleischman, on a plane from California that stopped in Vegas to pick us up too (PD Alum Johnny Weekes was also spotted on The Strip during Easter break); 3...

LEVINE v. LUZZO

Posted on April 12, 2010
We're told Olga Levine has switched from the Seidman county race, and will be filing against Judge Jack Luzzo. The filing should post here today or tomorrow. Also, click here for the JQC's Opposition To Motion To Dismiss, in re Judge Dale Cohen.  Regarding JQC v...

HERE'S SPIT IN YOUR EYE

Posted on April 12, 2010
Click here for the video from last week that everyone's been talking about. The incident happened in Judge Destry's courtroom, and it's no laughing matter.  The ASA was hit square in the eye with a medium consistency goober, and she's been prescribed meds...

THURSDAY NOTES

Posted on April 08, 2010
It's those pesky phone records again - Click here for a very interesting Motion To Reconsider, filed by Messrs. Tenzer & Rosenbaum, captains of the real Loueriro Express, which has been a crucial force behind Broward's most intriguing current JQC drama...

"Different cases; different facts; we don?t discuss pending cases."

Posted on April 07, 2010
 Lou Toman's famous photo of author Raag Singhal and a mentally incompetent Monster ... It was a typical response from the Broward State Attorney?s Office.  They were asked to explain how two Coral Springs City Commissioners were formally charged with Sunshine Law Violations a mere twenty days after their alleged occurrence, while six fired Hollywood police personnel, whose actions were captured on videotape, remain uncharged...

JAABLOG IS A REFLECTION OF ITS COMMUNITY

Posted on April 06, 2010
It?s not the Blog?s fault, but they can't admit it - The Broward County Bar Association's (BCBA) Professionalism Committee  met yesterday.  Of all the things we?ve heard, one thing?s for certain.  The meeting was disorganized, and yes, unprofessional...

TUESDAY NOTES

Posted on April 06, 2010
 Place your bets! She's outta here! - congratulations to gutsy Daily Business Review reporter Jordana Mishory.  She's off to greener pastures, covering the Pentagon with a focus on Congress and Defense Department issues for the prestigious Inside Washington Publishers...

JAABCAM: VEGAS EDITION

Posted on April 04, 2010
1.) Low price lawyer billboards dot the horizon, like this one near Chinatown ("Criminal $100.00 Down" - hey, they stole our business model!).  Stylish billboards for the The Defenders, and $700.00 DUI's, are all over I-15 (not to mention The Poop Magician's  residential dog doo removal services); 2...

WEDNESDAY BONUS

Posted on March 31, 2010
 "Broward is what?" Conciliatory sounds from Llorente? ? it seems like it, at least from his comments in Thursday's Sun Sentinel, and his brand new "President's Message" (note to our various selves: never, ever, tick off Eddie Dominguez). Still, we?re not sorry for calling the Broward County Bar Association (BCBA) "a toothless, sycophant organization for people in power"...

JAABCAM QUICKIE

Posted on March 31, 2010
1.) Shame on Broward! - a thirteen year old child being taken from court Wednesday via the public hallways, handcuffed behind the back, pursuant to BSO policy.  The kid was bawling his eyes out ("Why do I have to go to jail?"), despite the genuinely kind and sympathetic efforts of two of Central's best deputies (come on Vic, sign the damn administrative order already, please?); 2...

MOTION DENIED!

Posted on March 30, 2010
Judge Ana Gardiner's Motion To Dismiss was denied a few minutes ago.We accessed the telephonic hearing, which anyone can do.  Next time we'll post the info in advance.David Bogenschutz argued that he's concerned for future JQC panels, as the ability of the JQC Chair to "manipulate" the makeup of the panel makes for an "intolerable" and unfair situation for a sitting judge to have to deal with...

TUESDAY NOTES

Posted on March 30, 2010
Gehl interviews will be held April 19th - eighteen of the twenty-five applicants will be interviewed (open to the public - come join us for the fidgeting and stock answers). The following five applicants were cut: Woody Robert Clermont, Ray (Ramesh) Gudur, Ira S...

Applicants for County Seat of Retiring Judge Gehl

Posted on March 29, 2010
1) Woody Robert Clermont2) Brenda Di IOIA3) Gerard S. Williams4) Ray (Ramesh) Gudur5) Roshawn Banks6) James Abernethy Cobb, Jr.7) Ira S. Bergman8) Michael Scott Bloom9) Mari S. Blumstein10) Michele McCaul Ricca11) Stacey Schulman12) Thomas A...

MONDAY NOTES

Posted on March 29, 2010
 "You like me, right now, you like me!"Is the end nigh? - the JQC is wasting no time.  Click here for their response to Ana Gardiner's Motion To Dismiss.  In short, the JQC seems highly dismissive of David Bogenschutz's technical argument...

JAABCAM/NEW COURTHOUSE UPDATE

Posted on March 28, 2010
1.) Surreal Meal - two Jim DeFedes, within earshot of 2.) Judges Peter Weinstein and Victor Tobin, prior to the New Courthouse Task Force meeting Friday (Lester's Diner); 3.) County court candidate/former police officer/U.S. Marine John Fry has so much law enforcement support behind him, 4...

THURSDAY NOTES

Posted on March 25, 2010
FUNDRAI$ER - friends and enemies across the land are mad because we haven't been advertising fundraisers, of which there are a lot.  Be patient, coming into the season we'll try to aggregate them every so often and put them out there.  Even incumbents we don't like, absolutely everyone that wants it will have all their campaign stuff put out there on a periodic, bulk basis...

JAABLOG SUGGESTION BOX: SATELLITE COURTHOUSES

Posted on March 25, 2010
 Satellite's gone, up to the skies ...Administrative Chief County Judge Sharon Zeller has requested a list of suggestions as to how to standardize and improve practices at the satellite courthouses.Here's a great chance for the Broward legal community to weigh in and be heard on a situation that has become quite unmanageable for busy lawyers...

WEDNESDAY NOTES

Posted on March 24, 2010
What's going on at the satellites? - lots of time a whole lot of nothing, as far as we can tell.  Tuesday morning featured a rare first stop at the North Satellite Courthouse, for an 8:30 hearing.  A circuit trial call in Central at 9:00 followed, and a couple of 10:00s in Hollywood after that...

GARDINER'S MOTION TO DISMISS

Posted on March 23, 2010
INQUIRY CONCERNING JUDGE(And David Bogenschutz is the lawyer)"The Chair, who presides of the investigative panel, or some other member of the Commission, unilaterally and without apparent authority, disqualified Commission members Russell, Judge Backman and Judge Gehl...

SUNDAY NOTES

Posted on March 21, 2010
 The never-ending parade ...JUVY'S Still Shackled - it's been way more than the sixty days Chief Judge Victor Tobin promised it would take for his Administrative Order banning the parading of shackled juvenile and adult offenders throughout the central courthouse...

JAABCAM

Posted on March 21, 2010
1.) Phyllis Pritcher and the legendary Bill Laswell; 2.) ASAs Janine Rice and Sasha Shulman, with Janine's daughter Aylie, at the St. Patrick's Day Parade; 3.) Tesla Roadster, all electric -125 MPH max, 240 mile range (at normal speeds), $109,000.00 before $7,500...

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