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THURSDAY NOTES/LOE v. HAYWOOD

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Shades of Milian v. Terrell - check out what happened in Chicago recently: Cook Co. public defender charged with choking prosecutor.  This is old hat stuff to Broward old timers, but interesting nonetheless. From the article: The prosecutor ?left the courtroom and was in the hallway when the public defender came up to him and resumed the argument. That led to a physical fight where the public defender had to be pulled off of the state?s attorney,?? Cook County Sheriff?s spokesman Steve Patterson said in a statement. It took two deputies to separate the men, he said. (The public defender) allegedly put the prosecutor in a ?choking headlock,?? police said. The public defender allegedly  told a bystander he did it because he was ?sick of him mocking him,? the bystander said...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).