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A NEW LOW

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Query- If you have a case in Dade County Court criminal division and you run into a serious enough problem that you need to speak to the Judge in charge of the County Criminal Division, whom do you speak with? Judge Sam Slom of course!If you run into a similar problem North of the Border, to whom do you speak with? NOBODY! That's right, courtesy of the JAA (Broward) Blog, nobody is in charge of the Broward Criminal Courts, county court division. From the JAA Blog:Meet Judge Nobody - that's right, "nobody" is officially the head of county court criminal. click here for theAdministrative Order memorializing nobody in charge. What's it all about? Can't Chief Judge Victor Tobin find anyone else qualified, after Judge Stacy/Dale Ross said "thanks, but no thanks"? And is Tobin gun shy about picking a new team member, after Judge Joel Lazarus and Judge Ilona Holmes bailed? And why did Lazarus quit in the first place? Was it just about his impending retirement, or does the courthouse rumor mill have it correct that Lazarus felt slighted when Judge Dale Cohen's docket was given to another judge? Can't we all get along?RUMPOLE NOTES: Isn't this one of those rare circumstances when "nobody" is better than "somebody"? More tidbits from the place we love to hate (and hate to go to, but love to watch squirming in agony as their decades of bad karma brings their sordid courthouse down on their heads) True or false: Judge Ian Richards started a trial Tuesday without the ASA present (answer: true)And finally, Anthony Caravella is now a free man...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on March 27, 2010 (boomark / email).