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"Judge: Evidence admissible."

"Judge: Evidence admissible." Yesterday's edition of The Erie (Pa.) Times-News contained an article that begins, "The prosecution will get to paint a picture of former state Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce's activities and finances before and after the August 2001 slow-speed collision he said left him severely injured. Jurors will hear that before Joyce won a $440,000 insurance settlement, he was camping out in his judicial chambers amid a breakup with his girlfriend and that he told his landlord that he could only afford to pay $100 rent. They will hear about a 'spending spree' the prosecution said Joyce went on after the settlement, buying, among other things, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a plane, a house and a hot tub, and spending $6,000 for cosmetic surgery for the woman who is now his wife. They also will hear how Joyce went in-line skating at Presque Isle State Park on Sept. 2, 2002, while his insurance claims, based on debilitating neck and back injuries, were pending."

Trial on these federal criminal charges is scheduled to begin next week in Pittsburgh.

Full post as published by How Appealing on October 16, 2008 (boomark / email).