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The Judge Berry saga continues

By Shawn Matlock

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I recently posted about the story of allegations levied against Judge Elizabeth Berry of Criminal District Court Number 3. The allegations were that Judge Berry had sent an email containing a racial epithet to her court reporter, Judy Miller. Now, it appears that some local attorneys have sought Judge Berry's disqualification from some 18 cases of theirs' because they believe the judge is racist. Although I have not seen the recusal motions, my understanding is they were filed by local attorneys Lesa Pamplin and Glynis McGinty. As I understand it, the essence of the motions is that because of the alleged racial epithet, Judge Berry is prejudiced against their respective clients. My assumption here is that the 18 defendants are African-American...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).

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