Murder defendant Susan Polk battles deputy, prosecutor and hostile witness

Court TV ^ | 3/10/06

[Paddlefish]

Accused killer Susan Polk made three requests Wednesday for a mistrial based on judicial misconduct, argued with a deputy, and then began a second contentious day questioning a witness who, Polk claims, has falsely accused her of being verbally abusive.

And that was just in the first hour.

"You stated that I wrote verbally abusive letters to you," Polk said to middle-school teacher Marjorie Briner, the woman who became foster mother to Polk's son Gabriel, after Polk was arrested for stabbing her husband, Felix Polk, to death in October 2002.

"Do you understand that perjury is a crime?" Polk asked.

Briner sat back in the witness box, a broad smile across her face. The question was not allowed based on relevance.

[Paddlefish]

There's nothing that attorneys and judges like better than someone representing themselves. Please search for Polk if you desire more information in this case that could only take place in the most tolerant society in America.

[bkepley]

She's gonna have a very tough time in prison.

[calcowgirl]

Please search for Polk if you desire more information in this case

There are lots of articles on FR. SmithL has admirably kept us updated on Ms. Polk.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=susanpolk

[martin_fierro]

There's nothing that attorneys and judges like better than someone representing themselves.

I disagree. It means everyone else in the courtroom has to bend over backwards so that the fumbduck can't suck their thumb on appeal and claim, "But I didn't know how to do that!"

[Paddlefish]

Umm, I thought it was self-evident that my comment was extreme sarcasm. Sorry I didn't note it as such.

[martin_fierro]

Umm, I thought it was self-evident that my comment was extreme sarcasm.

It should be self-evident that it wasn't self-evident. Ummm.

[SmithL]

Thanks for the heads-up. This woman is truly delusional.