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KEVIN KULIK ON CANDIDATE ROCQUE

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kevin kulik wrote on January 30, 2009 at 4:22 PM:When I was a young ASA in 1987, Mickey Rocque was our newly assigned PD in Judge Moe's division. HI JUDGE MOE I'M MICKEY! ITS MY FIRST DAY! he said. We chuckled about how easy it would be for us with this new rookie. A few weeks later I was talking to Judge Moe as Mickey walked by. "That guy is the best public defender I ever saw,"said the Judge. What happened?Mickey had the biggest heart of anyone I had ever seen. If his client was pleading to 8 years, Mickey would repeatedly interrupt the plea colloquy-"Judge would you make it seven?" "No." "How about 7 and a half?" "No." "How about seven and three quarters?" "No." "How about a Furlough for this weekend?" "No." "How about a contact visit with his wife?" "No...continue to full post

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