What a day I had yesterday! I spent most of it in court. I had four clients in there , one of them got held for second session. Blah! I didn’t get out of there until 3:30.
This week, the judge was in a really good mood. A young man got called up and the conversation went something like this;
“Good morning Mr. Traitor (obviously not his real name). How are you doing?”
“Good morning your Honor. I’m doing good.”
“Mr. Traitor, your team isn’t doing so well this year.”
I figured the kid was on a softball team or something. I quickly figured out that he was just a dumb ass Yankees fan.
“It’s still early in the season your Honor.”
“You said that last year and look what happened! Are you aware Mr. Traitor, that your team has two pitchers who are over 40?”
“Yes your Honor, that’s OK. We’ll be fine.”
“And are you aware that your team is in third place?”
“It’s OK, we’ll be fine.”
” Very well then. Ms. PO, how is Mr. Traitor doing?”
“Your Honor, Mr. Traitor has all…”
“Are you aware that your team is behind Tampa Bay!” The judge blurted out.
“Yes your Honor.” He said while looking at the floor. It’s never good to be behind Tampa Bay.
“I apologize Ms. PO, please continue.”
I was chuckling through the whole thing but when he went on about Tampa I busted out laughing so hard it made me cry!
At recess I got yelled at by my clients lawyer. Don’t worry, it wasn’t anything I did. I quickly de-escalated him and gave him the facts he needed to properly defend my client. She got off, probably because the judge was in such a good mood. Both the lawyer and the PO were on the same page with what they wanted for her. Even so, the judge was this close to sending her back to jail. He was pissed at her and thought long and hard about what to do.
Oh, and this young woman who was being brought in from jail tried to escape. She managed to slip out of her cuff (she was handcuffed to another woman) and bolt for the door. She still had her shackles on though. All of a sudden an overweight court officer is hauling ass out of the court room. The woman who was seated next to me got up to see what happened and returned and shared the news. Obviously they caught her. My guess is it’s pretty hard to run when you have a 6 inch chain attached to both feet. Anyway, after she told the story, the young woman in front of me said;
“If you’re cuffed and shackled, it’s probably a good idea to call it a day.”
You would think that, wouldn’t you? Not so much. This guy got away with it.
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