TUESDAY NOTES
Grady Ordered Into R.E.A.C.H. - Judge Robinson signed the following order today:
The Court having heard the testimony of Dr. Michael Brannon as to his evaluation of the defendant, Charles Grady, orders the defendant Charles Grady to commence outpatient treatment at R.E.A.C.H. in Davie, Florida until further order of the Court.
The case was set for hearing today by the SAO on the following Motion:
State's Motion To Compel Production of Psychological Evaluation, Or Alternatively, Motion For In Camera Review of Psychological Evaluation ...
Apparently, Grady's lawyer Al Milian didn't want to turn over Brannon's evaluation to the SAO, Probation, or BSO. From the Motion:
4. To date, Alberto Milian has refused to produce a copy of Dr. Brannon's psychological evaluation to probation or BSO ...
Schwartzreich & Glassman Strike Again - Today Judge Lazarus and a jury cleared a single mother of two of seven, count them, seven charges of DUI/DUI Property Damage. Defendant Lauren Dunn was cleared by JOA on four counts, acquitted by jury of three more, found guilty on an expired tag, and pled to DWLS. Pretty amazing work, considering the Clerk's Office shows one of the jury acquittals as DUI Above .20.
CORRECTION: THE CASE WAS A REFUSAL - THE CLERK'S OFFICE REFERENCE WAS DUE TO AN ENHANCEMENT FOR CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, NOT A .20 BLOW
Lee & Holmes Make The Cut - Click here for the list of interviewees for Federal Judge & U.S. Attorney.
Marek Oral Arguments Wednesday at 9:00 AM - Click here to watch live from Tallahassee.
DBR: Ruden McClosky cuts pay by 9 percent
DBR's Inside Track: Spechler loses in spat against chief judge
Pizza Puncher/Whistle Blower Prosecutor Resigns
St. Pete Times Editorial: Open Chief Judge Election To The Public
Sarasota Judges’ orders may toss Intoxilyzer tests
NYT: 41 Years Later in Chicago, Police and Demonstrators Still Clash, but With Words
(Condolences to Judge Beach on the loss of her Mom)
The Court having heard the testimony of Dr. Michael Brannon as to his evaluation of the defendant, Charles Grady, orders the defendant Charles Grady to commence outpatient treatment at R.E.A.C.H. in Davie, Florida until further order of the Court.
The case was set for hearing today by the SAO on the following Motion:
State's Motion To Compel Production of Psychological Evaluation, Or Alternatively, Motion For In Camera Review of Psychological Evaluation ...
Apparently, Grady's lawyer Al Milian didn't want to turn over Brannon's evaluation to the SAO, Probation, or BSO. From the Motion:
4. To date, Alberto Milian has refused to produce a copy of Dr. Brannon's psychological evaluation to probation or BSO ...
Schwartzreich & Glassman Strike Again - Today Judge Lazarus and a jury cleared a single mother of two of seven, count them, seven charges of DUI/DUI Property Damage. Defendant Lauren Dunn was cleared by JOA on four counts, acquitted by jury of three more, found guilty on an expired tag, and pled to DWLS. Pretty amazing work, considering the Clerk's Office shows one of the jury acquittals as DUI Above .20.
CORRECTION: THE CASE WAS A REFUSAL - THE CLERK'S OFFICE REFERENCE WAS DUE TO AN ENHANCEMENT FOR CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, NOT A .20 BLOW
Lee & Holmes Make The Cut - Click here for the list of interviewees for Federal Judge & U.S. Attorney.
Marek Oral Arguments Wednesday at 9:00 AM - Click here to watch live from Tallahassee.
DBR: Ruden McClosky cuts pay by 9 percent
DBR's Inside Track: Spechler loses in spat against chief judge
Pizza Puncher/Whistle Blower Prosecutor Resigns
St. Pete Times Editorial: Open Chief Judge Election To The Public
Sarasota Judges’ orders may toss Intoxilyzer tests
NYT: 41 Years Later in Chicago, Police and Demonstrators Still Clash, but With Words
(Condolences to Judge Beach on the loss of her Mom)
So what's REACH? Is that for sex counseling?
I think it is for sex counseling and focuses on victims of sexual abuse. That would explain a lot. I don't think the contents of the evaluation that are reduced to writing and in the form of a written opinion by an expert are subject to privacy rights due to the criminal case especially if it is a condition of probation.
http://spiritualawakening.org/about_us.htm
If not, then it is this program for anger management and domestic violence treatment to live in a "harmonious" environment. Seriously?
oh yeah, that will help Grady
hardy har har
Good job Schwartreich, but lets not forget to mention that Steven Plant has been to trial twice in the last two weeks on second degree felonies and twice the jury has agrred to lesser misdemeanors in both trials. One sentenced to time served of two days, petty theft, down from a robbery.
thanks steve, 2/3 on your way to a hat trick, i am sure you will let us know when you get it.
i bet his victims were praying to the lord when he had them on the side of the road
Schwartzreich & Glassman and Judge Lazarus have succeeded in putting another irresponsible driver back on our streets. Lauren Dunn cleared and aquitted of 7 violations including DUI. When/if she repeats these offenses and kills someone, she will again walk because it will be regarded as her first offense. MIchael Haligowski was killed by evinson duprat who was DWLS, no insurance, borrowed/stolen tags, ran a stop sign, made an illegal lane change,and failed to give right of way. There was also a warrant out for his arrest for DWLS. Michael died alone in the road. Duprat and his 4 teenage passangers were not drug tested. Duprat walked out of court with community service and a grin on his face because some of his 6 previous DWLS violations were cleared or aquitted. No serious consequenses. So dear lawyers and judges pocket that money you earn and dodge the drivers you put back on the streets. S Florida is one of the most dangerous places to drive in the U.S. The DMV and AAA have statistics to prove it. Yeah, I've heard it before from Lee Cohen "lawyers are entitled to earn a living". At the expense of our children and loved ones? I think not. Laws will someday be passed to protect the public from driver that should be taken off our streets and judges and lawyers who put their pocket change above the lives of innocent people.
I think the problem is the mindset of the SAO.
The managers and the lifers exist for one reason, ie to make a lot of money and do no work.If keeping our streets safe was important to them then the seasoned trial lawyers would be trying the important cases like guns and DUI instead of inexperienced kids who do the best they can against much more experienced lawyers. At the very least they could assign lawyers with 10 years or more to sit with the kids who try the cases (but that would cut into lunch).
There is little wonder the SAO loses so many trials. Someday maybe the public will wake up to it.
i heard she was drunk with her multiple kids in the car (thus the 7 counts)... Lets hope it wasnt a seasoned lawyer taking advantage of going against a less experienced lawyer bc that would not be justice. Im curious to know what happened... Hopefully the end result was the just result. If thats the case, then good work.
A seasoned lawyer taking advantage of a less experienced lawyer. You have to be a fool for writing this. Should we as defense attorneys tell the judge "Excuse me, this State Attorney isn't that good, nor is he experienced, may I please have a different one, one that could possibly do a better job, hmmm do you think Morton or Holden could come on down for this DUI, my client would certainly appreciate the even fight." You are an idiot 10:41.
it was a double refusal. And thats not what 1041 was implying. If you know you would plead out a case b/c the person's guilty/case should be a guilty at trial/etc., but you know a certain state attorney sucks balls/is incompetent/is mildly retarded(sorry for the un-p.c. was to put it), is going to trial the correct thing to do when an unjust outcome will occur? It is the state's burden, but still?
why did BUGSY SELTZER and Rhonda Hollander not recuse themselves when ED NEKRITZ and Prologis appeared with a thick envelope .
God, I can only imagine how much of a nutjob you are to make the same stupid nonsensical posts day after day after day.
Didn't know they gave the patients in the insane asylum internet access.
Now everyone is seeing what most of us saw all along. Grady is a sick person.
Satzie lets the real criminals walk every time. Grady got misdemeanors and immunity. Free to sleaze at will.
"If you know you would plead out a case b/c the person's guilty/case should be a guilty at trial/etc., but you know a certain state attorney sucks balls/is incompetent/is mildly retarded(sorry for the un-p.c. was to put it), is going to trial the correct thing to do when an unjust outcome will occur? It is the state's burden, but still?"
Of course. You must not be an attorney to ask that question. The State's ethical duty is to seek justice. Defense counsel's ethical duty is not: it is to be a zealous advocate for their client (within the limits of the law) and achieve the best possible outcome for them.
It was a double refusal and she looked and sounded sober on the tape. The State DOES on rare occasion win cases like that, but it's as much luck as skill when they do.
makes sense. It does seem retarded (again sorry for the un-p.c.) that the state doesnt use more experienced attorneys for dui's. To me, dui is more serious/dangerous of an offense than possession of certain drugs. Especially when their stated goal over and over again is public safety.
Ohhh get over yourself. When you decide you want to come down off your all mighty perfect horse and sit in a courtroom during an entire trial and see all the evidence and testimony before you decide to be judge and jury and to watch and listen to overzealous cops and prosecutors who have the almighty right to destroy someone's life because "they can", then you have a right to comment on this forum. You have no clue, you talk about statistics, well maybe you spend a little time in our courtrooms and watch and see how lives are ruined by lies and deceit bourne by cops and state attorneys. Yeah granted some deserve to be put behind bars but unless you were at the Dunn trial, put a lock on your keyboard! Lee Cohen, you must be an "insider" to have comments like this. If you think its all about the money, then ya know what, take a real hard look at your Constitution, then take a real hard look at yourself and the office you work in, you know exactly how many lives are destroyed because of BS
To 6:18 pm 7/1: Why do you "blame" the defense lawyers (and judge) for putting another "dangerous" driver on the street? Why would you attack the defense lawyers (and judge) for "doing their job" instead of attacking the prosecutor for "NOT doing their job?" Defense lawyers win when there is insufficient evidence of guilt (in which case they "should" win), and when the prosecutor blows the case. If the prosecutorial machine of government, better funded, with more investigative resources and technology, and the law on their side, can't win a case, then the case is a loser. Blame the system if the guilty go free, not the conscientious defense lawyer doing what law and ethics require. (P.S. Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers and police reports, either.)
was it filed correctly?
"If the prosecutorial machine of government, better funded, with more investigative resources and technology, and the law on their side"
There is nothing true about that statement at all. If it was better funded the state would have schwartzreich, ivashuk, bogenshutz, dutko, kroll, etc. etc. etc. prosecuting cases, instead of kids barely out of law school (sometimes still in law school). The state and public defender pays its lawyers peanuts and its secretaries peanut shells. i find it hard to believe that the secretaries can afford to live in broweird with those salaries. What they get paid is almost a crime.
Investigative resources and technology? Lol, what? Really?
The law protects the accused, as it should. But that statement you made it false.
I would never blame the defense attorney. The system is faulty. But it truly is the best system. Let 100 guilty be found not guilty rather than 1 innocent be found guilty.
"schwartzreich, ivashuk, bogenshutz, dutko, kroll"
sounds like a russo/german mob
When is Spechler gonna realize he's down and out for the count? The guy up and quit in a very big hurry which tells everything.
St. Petersburg has it right. Why shouldn't the election of a chief judge be open to the public? That would go a long ways to abolishing allot of the petty back room politics that plague the 17th, don't you think? Look what we had under Ross for so long. Look what we still have.
Hey 9:00 idiot--who or whenever did the Broward SAO is ever ethical or follows any sense of duty. If you were an attorney, you would know that better that anyone--every other attorney does--even the dishonest ones. and in fact, if you call Bill McCollum's office, his staff will tell you the AG has a constitutional duty to defend any and all appeals of convictions no matter how illegally, unethically or fraudulently obtained, but if you ask if the AG's duty to seek the truth supersedes this constitutional duty--toy will be brushed off--you will not be given a direct answer. Sgt Schultz knows nussing. Here's the number 850-245-0222. Call him up!