Miscellaneous

More What Not to Do: Swearing In or At?

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Citizens who come to support their defendant siblings are usually welcome in court. That is, until they start yelling and swearing at the assistant prosecutor, refusing to leave when asked, and produce more swearing upon being forcibly removed from the courtroom.

Ironically, the brother was being released.

He heard something about "swearing in" and got confused. That's the only reason we can think of.

See Court Curses Cost Man 60 Days, Daniel Wells, Middletown Journal (June 14, 2008).

Just as bad, or worse, is the defendant who protested sentencing by trying to escape and by spitting on the bench. (OK, judges, say it with me: EEEWWW!) Oh, and yet more swearing!

As his attorney said, "Well that doesn't help on appeal, does it?"

See Killer Gets Life, Tries to Flee, Sheila McLaughlin, Cincinnati Enquirer (June 11, 2008).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on June 17, 2008 (boomark / email).