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To: nickcarraway
did not make his scheduled court appearance Thursday because he remains in the psychiatric ward at San Francisco General Hospital

Huh? They can defy the courts?

6 posted on 08/31/2006 8:17:08 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs |)
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To: sionnsar

The most intertaining and enjoyable time of my life in a court room as an expert was when I was to testify in a parole revocation hearing and the defendant, the son of a close associate of Edwin Edwards, decided the night before court to have himself committed because he felt suicidal.

We were in the Judges Chamber and the defendants Doctor, on the phone, told the Judge that he couldn't release the patient for some half-baked reason. The Judge told the Doc. I'm sending a Deputy to pick him up, you can have him when I through with him. The Doc protested until the Judge explained that he could come with the Deputy as a guest if he didn't like his decision. I've never seen anyone backpedal as fast as that Doc.


13 posted on 08/31/2006 8:48:13 PM PDT by A Strict Constructionist
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