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By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

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PARTY TONIGHT?

Posted on May 17, 2008
The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Miami Chapter was founded in 1963 and in 2008 celebrates 45 years as one of the largest voluntary bar associations located in Miami Dade County. This year's Annual Installation & Awards Banquet takes place on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM at the JW Marriott on Brickell Avenue in Miami...

NEW COUNTY COURT JUDGE AND TRISCADECAPHOBIA

Posted on May 16, 2008
DOUBLE BREAKING BLOG NEWS: Guilty of first degree murder verdicts in the Merrick Park murder case tried these past few weeks before Judge Reemberto Diaz. Grim faced defense attorneys vowed to appeal.A reader posted this BREAKING BLOG NEWS:Move over, Capitan:Breaking Blog News...

SY AND WHEAT

Posted on May 14, 2008
(Scott Saul posted a legal question so interesting that we are posting it below this post. Scroll down, and read Scott's question, and confine your comments under that post to possible answers.) We received this email:Rumpole, I do not know if you were at ceremony for the dedication of Sy's memorial...

SPEEDY TRIAL CONUNDRUM

Posted on May 14, 2008
Scott Saul said...WHO KNOWS THEIR SPEEDY TRIAL ISSUES HERE?The scene is Broward!I have a client that was arrested, and had charges filed, for a felony and corresponding misdemeanor.Without ever taking a continuance and 170 days into the case, the State nolle prossed the felony...

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JUDGES IN NYC MAKE A STARTLING DISCOVERY

Posted on May 13, 2008
Police Officer?s lie!Police officers don?t lie do they? Ask any prosecutor and they will tell you police officers never lie. Most Judges in Florida feel the same way. But much like the way the water in NYC makes the bagels taste different, so must the water imbue the Judges of New York City (State and Federal) with the ability to discern when an officer has lied...

SY GAER DEDICATION WEDNESDAY AT 12 NOON

Posted on May 13, 2008
The signs are up at the Justice Building. 12 Noon on Wednesday we dedicate the memorial to our departed friend and colleague Sy Gaer. Try to be there. In memory of Sy, it promises to be a good time with fun memories. Sy would have wanted people to laugh and remember the good times...

THE CUPBOARD IS BARE

Posted on May 10, 2008
A Daily Business Review article highlights the upcoming Trial Court Budget Commission (Motto: "Yes we actually exist") meeting this week:From the article: The courts won?t know exactly what effect the budget cuts will have on each circuit until after a meeting of the Trial Court Budget Commission and chief judges next week in Tampa...

WISE WORDS

Posted on May 08, 2008
(David Ranck Update below)"Do we have the right here in the United States to say that we're going to kill tens of thousands, and make millions of peoples, as we have, refugees, kill women and children as we have...I very seriously question whether we have that right...

CLINTON'S NUMBERS

Posted on May 08, 2008
Before we get to the topic today, once again those wild and crazy lawyers North Of The Border intrude upon our thoughts. Just when you were sure things could not get any crazier in "fun city" comes this little gem: Criminal Defense attorney Gary Ostrow flew to Tallahassee on May 2 to file papers to challenge incumbant Public Defender Howard Finklestein...

SY GAER MEMORIAL

Posted on May 06, 2008
FACDL-Miami Invites you to theDedication of the Sy Gaer MemorialWednesday, May 14, 200812 NoonRichard E. Gerstein Justice Building2nd Floor Rumpole: Finally.Site Feed

THE DEATH OF LEONARDO BARQUIN

Posted on May 05, 2008
Leonardo Barquin was shot and killed by Miami Police Officer Jorge Espinosa. Barquin was one of two men who burglarized a home. Espinosa arrived and shot Barquin in the back and killed him.Espinosa gave a statement that he saw Barquin with a gun. No gun was found...

SPECIAL REQUEST

Posted on May 04, 2008
TO THE PERSON WHO SENT RUMPOLE AN EMAIL WITH A LINK TO A BLOG THAT CONTAINS A COPY OF AN EMAILyou sent it this morning. We attempted to respond to the email with the aol address but it was bounced back, probably from your spam filter. Please add our address as a safe email...

HERALD SCOOPED

Posted on May 03, 2008
The facts is dear Readers, our wonderful El Capitan scooped the Herald on Friday with the news of the judicial elections.The Captain had it here first, and unlike the on-line articles in the Herald's Breaking News Section, the Captain had it right. Great Job Captain...

D DAY

Posted on May 02, 2008
DOS DE MAYOD DAYThe day our wonderful robed readers will find out if they have opposition. Will the summer be spent knocking off around 3PM and squeezing in a round of golf or a massage at the Four Seasons on Brickell (we highly recommend their spa) or trudging to endless chicken dinners at such hot spots as the Hialeah Kiwanis Club or the evening card rooms at Aventura condos? Like the German Atlantic wall (and we are ever mindful of the problems we ran into the last time we used a WWII analogy) Judges have their hired guns- political consultants, lawyer-friends, and the rumor is one even hired new Dolphin Offensive Lineman Jake Long- manning the wall in Tallahassee...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:ELECTION UPDATE

Posted on May 02, 2008
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:ELECTION UPDATE ??The numbers are in and here they are: 35 Incumbent Judges (7 County and 28 Circuit) have been returned to office without opposition. There are 9 contested races (1 County and 8 Circuit). Four Incumbent Judges face opposition in August (Lindsey, Shapiro, Chumbley, and Cohen)...

VOIRE DIRE FROM HELL

Posted on April 30, 2008
The Scene: A modest courtroom on the fourth floor of our little building. Judge Reemberto Diaz and a group of hardworking prosecutors (Gayle Levine headlining) and defense lawyers (Dan Lurvey, Ken White, Bruce Fleisher, and ??) are slogging their way through panel after panel of jurors...

THE UPS AND DOWNS

Posted on April 29, 2008
of practising law in federal court have never been more apparent than in the last couple of weeks. Literally.Have a case in federal court? Here are your choices: The Dyer Building and all the mold you can breathe or...the King Courthouse which has eleven floors, and ONE working elevator at any given moment...

SOMETHING IS IN THE AIR

Posted on April 28, 2008
As we worked toward the swift completion of our appointed rounds today, we couldn?t help but notice that something was in the air in our beloved REGJB today. In one hallway, there was a judge grabbing a bunch of lawyers into chambers where the judge personally brewed a batch of Cuban coffee...

BILL GELIN ON JUDGE GARDINER

Posted on April 28, 2008
Broward lawyer Bill Gelin posted this on the Broward Blog and it bears repeating here:Because I believe it is highly unlikely that Broward State Attorney Mike Satz will take the necessary steps to uncover the truth in the controversy involving his friend Judge Gardiner and his prosecutors, it is once again up to the rest of us to make sure justice prevails in Broward County...

Judging Ana

Posted on April 25, 2008
These links are on the Broward Blog but the stories are just too juicy for us to ignore here. First, here is the link to the New Times story on the many loves and friendships of Broward Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner.JUDGE ANAAnd here is the link to Bob Norman's story on the nasty letter the Judge had her attorneys send him:JUDGE'S GAMBITAll in all another day North Of the Border...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:ELECTION UPDATE

Posted on April 24, 2008
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:ELECTION UPDATE ??Be careful what you wish for ?.. In Group 18, Migna Sanchez-Llorens has long been unopposed for this open Circuit Court seat. (Migna has raised $18k and added another $40k of her own money to the campaign account)...

Judge Tunis Needs More Time.

Posted on April 24, 2008
Here is the link to the GamePolitics Blog post on our favourite lawyer, who is otherwise banned from posting on this blog. The topic was Judge Tunis's request to the Florida Supreme Court for more time to issue her reccomendation in the Florida Bar versus Jack Thompson...

...AND THROW AWAY THE KEY

Posted on April 23, 2008
The US has 5% of the earth's population.The US has 70& of the earth's lawyers (most of them waiting in line to get into the REGJB). And the US has 25% of the earth's prisoners.Those are the statistics in this startling article in the NY Times:PRISONERSHere are some other highlights: China- that bastion of godless communism with no respect for individual rights, has four times the population of the US, and one million less prisoners (2...

MAKING FACES

Posted on April 22, 2008
Miami Criminal Defense attorney Bruce Lehr closed out a nasty case this week. Lehr was involved in the case where four defendants were charged in the beating death of a homeless man. The plea was to manslaughter and ten years followed by probation.The Herald article by you know who is HERESpeaking of North of the Border, the Broward Blog has the details on Judge Geoffrey Cohen dashing from the bench and assisting the courtroom deputies in subduing an unruly tough...

PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

Posted on April 21, 2008
Anonymous said...10:30, people are not anonymous because of your reasons on THIS blog. They are anonymous because they don't want to be trashed just because someone sees their name. It doesn't matter what people say. If John Doe says "it's Monday," the next 5 responses are that John Doe cant try a case, something about their past, something about their distant past, or something untrue that just sounds juicy...

ORGINAL INTENT

Posted on April 20, 2008
Very quietly there is a revolution going on North of the Border as more sitting judges have received opposition this year than any time in recent memory. We don?t know most of the Judges or candidates for that matter, but check out the Broward Blog for the latest happenings...

MEMBER'S ONLY-NOT YET

Posted on April 19, 2008
In an effort to counter the anonymous snipping that has infected the blog to the point where we have lost valuable readers and comments, we are considering trying OPENID as a way of requiring people to post a comment with an ID. What does this mean?If you already have a Google Account, and AOL account, or one of several other accounts, click above to see, you will have to enter that account to post a comment...

JUDGE KAREN MILLS FRANCIS

Posted on April 18, 2008
AU REVOIR JUDGE KAREN MILLS FRANCISToday was her last day in court as she retires with a Sony Development deal firmly in hand for a Television show. Although we hardly knew her, we hear that this could not have happened to a nicer person. We wish her well...

SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Posted on April 17, 2008
Spring is here. Easter has come and gone. The Jewish holiday of Passover approaches. Children are on spring break; flowers are blooming; love is in the air. The Pope is using this season of joy and renewal to visit the United States. Yesterday the United States Supreme Court approved the use of lethal injections as a means of executing anyone Dick Cheney doesn't agree with...

GEMMA COSENTINO

Posted on April 15, 2008
CAPTAIN said... I noticed today that it has been exactly 5 years since the death of Gemma Cosentino. Amazing how time flies.For those of you that did not know her, she was a fantastic attorney and, more importantly, she was an incredibly warm and caring person who brightened every room she walked into...

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