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  • Another suspended Wisconsin judge

    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 29 18:19:03 2025
    Defendant misses court date. Judge refuses to believe attorney that
    client wasn't in contempt by being in the hospital emergency department.

    Now, Steve Lehto comments that a judge wouldn't necessarily accept the attorney's word and might schedule a show cause hearing requiring the
    defendant to document why it was necessary to miss court.

    Instead, the judge ordered a bailiff to arrest the defendant in hospital
    but the bailiff explained he could not leave court. The judge, after his
    clerk figured out where the defendant was, drove to hospital to make the
    arrest herself.

    The defense attorney came along in her vehicle. The state did not. That
    makes the ride unethical ex parte communication. The defense attorney eventually talked her out of making the arrest so she turned the vehicle around.

    In her disciplinary hearing, she didn't dispute the facts.

    Judge Left Court to Try Arresting Defendant at The Hospital
    Steve Lehto
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92oNuS8WgtQ

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 30 08:13:59 2025
    On Thu, 29 May 2025 18:19:03 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Defendant misses court date. Judge refuses to believe attorney that
    client wasn't in contempt by being in the hospital emergency department.

    Now, Steve Lehto comments that a judge wouldn't necessarily accept the >attorney's word and might schedule a show cause hearing requiring the >defendant to document why it was necessary to miss court.

    Instead, the judge ordered a bailiff to arrest the defendant in hospital
    but the bailiff explained he could not leave court. The judge, after his >clerk figured out where the defendant was, drove to hospital to make the >arrest herself.

    The defense attorney came along in her vehicle. The state did not. That
    makes the ride unethical ex parte communication. The defense attorney >eventually talked her out of making the arrest so she turned the vehicle >around.

    In her disciplinary hearing, she didn't dispute the facts.

    Judge Left Court to Try Arresting Defendant at The Hospital
    Steve Lehto
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92oNuS8WgtQ

    If you ever needed an example of how out of control judges are right
    now, this would be a shining example of it.

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