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Judge Dumbfounded When Man with Suspended License Attends Court [on zoom] While Driving (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Granite@kbin.social 104 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

The public defender was on her game. She immediately asked for an adjournment, hoping the judge wouldn’t catch on.

The judge definitely caught on.

…hello?

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Judge Cedric Simpson is one of the sharpest judges who regularly appear on Youtube. He doesn't appreciate being taken for a ride.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 45 points 5 months ago

taken for a ride.

Nice.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And the first rule of court is “don’t piss off the judge.”

This is why.

[–] moshankey@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

It’s a “never do this again, or ever”. Been in front of judges and always warned my patients/clients to be highly respectful. They hold your little bits in their hands.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Still, give that woman a raise. Except for one tiny slip, she pokerfaced perfectly.

Compare that to the DA's bench, where the one in the middle had to fight the urge to laugh at the absurdity for a fair bit.

[–] Lemonparty@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

The way she says "That is correct your honor" the second time while trying not to laugh is like the perfect encapsulation of what being public defender is like. Most people would not believe the sheer amount of stupidity witnessed by PDs, and sometimes you just gotta laugh. Still, they show up and go to bat for you, even if you're doing the thing they're defending you against at the time.