Don't sell yourself short, Judge. You're a tremendous slouch!
Posted on 12/08/2006 7:06:18 PM PST by buccaneer81
Illinois judge charged with drunken driving; other judge in SUV seen ditching beer By Jim Suhr Associated Press Friday, December 8, 2006
BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A judge driving with his boss was charged with drunken driving after a wreck that sent another motorist to the hospital, and the other judge was seen by an officer pouring out a can of beer, police said.
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young, 58, was handcuffed and arrested and charged with drunken driving after the Sunday crash, about 20 miles from St. Louis. He refused a sobriety test, authorities said.
Another officer, Jeffrey Sheary, reported seeing Young's passenger, Chief Judge Jan Fiss, 64, pour out an open beer can on the road and try to hide it in his coat.
It was not clear if Fiss had been charged.
In his report, Belleville police Patrolman Shane Brown said Young was apparently turning left in his sport utility vehicle when he entered the path of a pickup truck. Its driver, Abel Muhammad, 39, was trapped in the wreckage and later hospitalized complaining of a broken leg.
Brown reported detecting "a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage" on Young's breath. He wrote Young "also had glassy, red bloodshot eyes."
Young's attorney, Clyde Kuehn, said yesterday his client was "absolutely within his rights" to refuse a field sobriety test and a Breathalyzer test, saying the tests have proven unreliable.
Refusing a blood alcohol test leads to a six-month license suspension in Illinois. The misdemeanor DUI count carries a maximum punishment of a year in jail and $1,000 in fines, Kuehn said.
Young was released after posting his driver's license and $100 as bond.
Messages left for both judges through the court were not immediately returned.
NEVER, EVER, blow into a machine.
It is not clear... is this your personal recommendation or the judges?
Both. Growing up in Massachusetts in the late '70s a district judge refused to blow after a DUI arrest. Appearing in court, he was asked by the presiding judge why he refused. His answer: " We all know those things are rigged."
Several police chiefs in MA were indicted for rigging the machines in the '80s.
It's all about the money.
You would think our sovereign, omnipotent lords would be drinking something more denotative of their exalted status than mere plebian brew.
This is straight out of a scene from a cheesy 80s teen movie.
Judge: Take my beer, Judge.
Head Judge: No Thanks! I already have one.
(siren and light show)
Pikers. We Washingtonians have State Supreme Court Justice and hit'n-run driver Bobbe Bridge.
(Still on the bench, btw.)
The whole DUI scam is primarily about money. Anybody who protests the cops harassing drivers is asked, "So you support drunk driving? Are you a drunk driver? How many times have you been arrested?", etc,etc.
And just for the record, I rarely drink, and have never been stopped for DUI. (Although I was once pulled over and harassed by a pair of newbie cops trolling for DUIs one Saturday night. They made asses of themselves harassing people for about a week before they got fired.)
Sounds like a relative of Teddy K.
Don't sell yourself short, Judge. You're a tremendous slouch!
I'm afraid our judge was sober,
making up excuses for a drive by shooter, who fired seven times with a 9-millimeter handgun into a crowd,
while "One man, 19-year-old Makara Din of Rochester, was hit, and suffered a serious chest wound,"
http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=277196
quote " A 23-year-old Rochester man accused in a drive-by shooting in northeast Rochester in January has been found guilty on several, but not all, of the charges against him.
Olmsted District Judge Joseph Chase issued a verdict and written memoranda explaining the verdict on Thursday. He found the shooter, Christopher Edwards, guilty of three counts of drive-by shooting, all felonies, and one count of first-degree assault, also a felony.
Chase dismissed six counts of attempted first-degree murder, saying he was not convinced that Edwards meant to kill.
Edwards will be sentenced Feb. 15, following a presentencing investigation. He is being held until then.
Witness testimony and other evidence -- but not gunshot residue evidence challenged by Edwards' attorneys -- formed the basis for Chase's verdict, the judge wrote.
The judge denied defense attorney Michael York's petition to suppress gunshot residue evidence.
"I give the GSR (gunshot residue) evidence little weight in this case," he wrote. "My conclusion ... does not rest to any degree on the GSR evidence."
The incident happened early on Jan. 28 in the Shopko North parking lot in Rochester.
According to police reports, Edwards fired seven times with a 9-millimeter handgun from the passenger window of a moving car toward a group of people standing outside the nearby Chateau Theater.
One man, 19-year-old Makara Din of Rochester, was hit, and suffered a serious chest wound, according to police.
But did Edwards intend to kill? Maybe not, Chase wrote.
Given the distance of Edwards' shots -- about 30 feet, according to witnesses, but probably much longer than that, as indicated by findings from crime-scene investigators -- and the fact that he fired from a car traveling 30 mph to 40 mph, it would have taken exceptional skill or luck for him to have landed a fatal shot.
Possibly, Edwards meant only to intimidate his victims, or maybe he didn't care whether he killed, Chase wrote.
"As appalling as that state of mind may be, it is not the same thing as intent to kill," he wrote.
York and prosecutor Jim Martinson were not immediately available for comment.
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Olmsted District Judge Joseph Chase has let this creep off,
Edwards fired seven times with a 9-millimeter handgun from the passenger window of a moving car toward a group of people standing,
that is the same thing as 'intent to kill',
and this judge makes up excuses for it,
I would rather have a beer guzzling judge any day.
"The whole DUI scam is primarily about money. Anybody who protests the cops harassing drivers is asked, "So you support drunk driving? Are you a drunk driver? How many times have you been arrested?", etc,etc.
And just for the record, I rarely drink, and have never been stopped for DUI. (Although I was once pulled over and harassed by a pair of newbie cops trolling for DUIs one Saturday night. They made asses of themselves harassing people for about a week before they got fired."
Well it's obvious that the whole DUI thing is a conspiracy fabricated by right-wing conservatives. Law enforcement shouldn't even be allowed to enforce DUI laws because no one ever gets murdered or hurt in DUI accidents. /sarc
Give me a break, "And just for the record, I rarely drink, and have never been stopped for DUI." WHATEVER! If you hardly ever drink and are never pulled over for DUI then whats your holdup about this situation?
Sounds like someone hasn't gotten past AA's step #1.
Absolutely, why give them the evidence to convict you? You have the right to remain silent, and request an attorney at any time. I would suggest everyone evoke their rights immediately after you are read them.
Thank God for cameras in squad cars and police departments. I can never get enough of those videos of people making complete idiots out of themselves. It's great when those are shown in court.
I know. There finding a virgin whore is more probable than these two ever seeing a jail cell.
Where the heck do you think you are, some kind of Conservative internet board which believes in the principles of self reliance, limited Constitutional government, and personal responsibility
What kind of right wing intolerant nutball are you?
And just in case...sarcasm off.
L
Yours is just the sort of stupid reply I expected. You know nothing about me, and nothing about anything else.
As for your ignorant and insulting AA remark, speak for yourself, asshole.
heh, probably the same kind of conservative you are :)
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