Criminal Law

WHAT'S REALLY OFFENSIVE, PART II

Posted on January 14, 2010
JAABLOG SOS - no offense to our space restricted friends at the Sun Sentinel, but we desperately need a Bob Norman or Dan Christensen to put this Brady mess into perspective for the voting public.  If you build it they will come.  Americans are all about fair play, just the same as they're extremely gullible and susceptible to political double speak at the other end of the spectrum...

DEAR MR. SATZ ...

Posted on January 13, 2010
Recent events have caused ... great concern about the Broward State Attorney's Office's compliance with its discovery obligations. As you are aware, the Public Defender's Office has fied several public records requests with your office. These requests were prompted by a partial Brady disclosure followed by a disclosure of close-out memoranda received from the State Attorney's Offce...

THURSDAY NOTES

Posted on January 13, 2010
Haiti Relief 629 SE 5th Ave (across from the courthouse garage) - Attorney Steve Melnick wants everyone to know that his office is a Haiti earthquake relief drop-off center.  Leave anything you can that might help, like medical supplies and clothes...

JAKOVICH vs. DESTRY

Posted on January 12, 2010
             Jakovich                                DestryAssistant Public Defender Rob Jakovich is running for Circuit Judge Group 15, against incumbent Matt Destry...

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WTF WEDNESDAY

Posted on January 12, 2010
How many good judges will Satz drag down? - that's the $6,640,000.00 question*.  Answer: Who cares!  As far as we're concerned, the question is moot.  Satz shouldn't be allowed to sneak off to Colorado or North Carolina like Dan Futch and other cronies have...

FRY vs. PRATT

Posted on January 11, 2010
Attorney, U.S. Marine, and former police officer John Fry made it official today.He's running for County Court Group 13, vs. Judge Linda Pratt.Click here for the filing.MAY THE BEST MAN WIN                                 THANKS MIKE!

MEET JUDGE USAN

Posted on January 11, 2010
Governor Crist has appointed Michael Usan to the 17th Circuit Judiciary.Congratulations to all the finalists, especially Mike's law school friend Raag Singhal (Wake Forest '87 & '89).Bulldog: Traffic ticket, screw-ups land Broward grandma in jail for 15 daysFinkelstein Gets Criticism From Blog(Hey Buddy - where's the love?  Your non-journalist friends at JAABLOG have broken a ton more stories than BrowardBeat  ...

TUESDAY NOTES

Posted on January 11, 2010
"Doing the Elbow" - we spent a few minutes at IC University this morning, killing time before the "All Rise" with our first stop's in-custody defendants.  Prison/Jail Slang 101 was the topic.  Here's what we learned (pop quiz tomorrow, so pay attention):If you're doing life, you got "the Elbow", which can also be signified by holding your bent arm out at ear level, chicken wing fashion...

WHAT'S REALLY OFFENSIVE ...

Posted on January 10, 2010
1st Day Of School - make sure to bring an apple for your new teachers Monday.  Most of the changes contained in this Administrative Order go into effect today.  New Judge Coming - expect an announcement soon regarding the circuit court seat being vacated by Judge Vitale...

TOBIN DRAWS A LINE IN THE SAND

Posted on January 08, 2010
Chief Judge Victor Tobin is done messing around with shackling issues.  Spurred on by the recent Supreme Court Order banning the wholesale shackling of juveniles in court, he's decreed that an administrative order will shortly go into effect banning the parading of shackled juveniles in public sectors of the courthouse...

JAABCAM

Posted on January 07, 2010
1.) Dead Man Sitting - that's Ralston "Jay" Davis today, with his attorneys Jeff Harris (former FACDL prez) and Chris Pole (whose name is currently before the Governor to replace Judge Vitale - the decision will come down on or before January 12th); 2...

THURSDAY NOTES

Posted on January 07, 2010
Two major Rumors making the rounds today - rumors with a capital "R", both great news (if accurate):  First, an additional accomplice or two in the murder of Richard Entriken may be in custody.  The only charged suspect thus far, Kino Bartholomew, had court today, which may explain the buzz...

NORTH SATELLITE CLOSED

Posted on January 06, 2010
We just got a call that the North Satellite is closed due to flooding, possibly caused by a burst pipe. If you have a hearing, it will be reset, we're told.UPDATE: DBR Confirms:"Broward County?s North Regional Courthouse in Deerfield Beach is closed today due to a broken water line that cut the building?s water supply...

WEDNESDAY NOTES: MEET BETSY & BOBBY BOODLE

Posted on January 06, 2010
 "Don't Touch Me There"Where to start?Skolnik dancing the night away, but prunes for Pratt - Judge Peter Skolnik is safe (for now), since his rumored opponent has apparently decided to try and pick off Judge Pratt instead.  This secret isn't so secret, but we still can't name names...

2009 JAABLOG PERSON OF THE YEAR

Posted on January 03, 2010
Ooops - by now, everyone's seen The Daily Pulp's piece on Judge Hurley's wedding, which also took the good Judge to task for slamming cocky Defendant Brian Noval with a four month contempt of court sentence.  Well, it turns out we could have saved two of our favorite FOB's (friends of the Blog) a bit of embarrassment, if we hadn't been so lazy...

TUESDAY NOTES

Posted on December 22, 2009
 Read the first chapter of The Wrong ManJAABLOG HOLIDAY READ - pick up a copy of "The Wrong Man" if you have extra time on your hands.  It's a real page turner, all about the SAO's rancid prosecution of innocent man John Purvis.  Purvis, mentally handicapped, was browbeaten into confessing to the murder of Susan Hamwi and her infant daughter, on lovely Poinsettia Drive* in Fort Lauderdale...

MONDAY NOTES

Posted on December 21, 2009
No resignations pending - the Governor's press office told us today they are not in possession of any judicial resignations from the Seventeenth Circuit.  So, will there be a trial, a drawn out negotiation followed by a resignation, or will the JQC characteristically back off?  Whatever happens, it's definitely something to look forward to in 2010 ...

JAABCAM

Posted on December 21, 2009
1.) Federal Inmate #77252-004, aka former Hollywood Police Officer Thomas Simcox.  He got an all expenses paid trip back to Broward a couple of weeks ago, to perpetuate testimony in a sexual battery case before Judge Siegel; 2.) Attorney Larry Davis explains the next step to friends and family of Teah Wimberly, after the verdict; 3...

NO MORE SHACKLES FOR JUVENILES

Posted on December 17, 2009
Florida takes another step out of the dark ages today courtesy of the Supreme Court's ruling IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF JUVENILE PROCEDURE.Here's the relevant lingo:"We find the indiscriminate shackling of children in Florida courtrooms as described in the NJDC's Assessment repugnant, degrading, humiliating, and contrary to the stated primary purposes of the juvenile justice system and to the principles of therapeutic justice, a concept which this Court has previously acknowledged...

DEFEDE GETS THE GOODS ON ADDERLEY

Posted on December 15, 2009
CBS 4Rothstein Air: Do Cops Fly Free?"But the revelation that three of Broward County's most powerful lawmen flew with Rothstein to a football game is further evidence of Rothstein's cozy relationship with both the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and the Broward Sheriff's Office...

DRINKS ON THE HOUSE?

Posted on December 11, 2009
A source just told JAABLOG that the occupants of the Bentley had indeed been at lunch at Bova Restaurant earlier in the day before the crash.  Drinks were consumed, again according to the source.The source said Adderley was not there, but Rothstein was...

IT'S ON: O'CONNOR vs. SOKOLOFF

Posted on December 11, 2009
Rhoda Sokoloff has switched races.  After being forced out of the race for Judge Vitale's open seat by Vitale's early retirement, and after filing against Judge Carlos Rodriguez last Monday, she's now decided once and for all to oppose Judge Eileen O'Connor's reelection bid...

GRANTED!

Posted on December 10, 2009
Judge John Murphy wasted no time getting back to his other cases after the Teah Wimberly verdict.Today, he GRANTED Gary Ostrow's Motion to Suppress  en toto.  Click here for the good Judge's Order.Amazing work by Ostrow, and a sound decision by Murphy calling out some wildly out of control cops...

GUILTY AS CHARGED

Posted on December 09, 2009
Teah Wimberly verdict - guilty as charged on all counts.  Sentencing sometime in January.

PAGING DR. DONNELLY, DR. SCHULSON, DR. CAMACHO

Posted on December 09, 2009
 Today, courtesy of The Ticket Clinic's Larry Meltzer, Ted Hollander, and Mark Gold, JAABLOG presents the strange case of Danielle Filler.  It's quite a yarn, just like The Ticket Clinic's last bit of major media, the infamous caught lying on videotape DUI cops...

MEET JUDGE HAIMES

Posted on December 08, 2009
Singhal and Usan still hanging at 4:55 pm ... will update if second appointment is made ...

RODRIGUEZ v. SOKOLOFF

Posted on December 08, 2009
Attorney Rhoda Sokoloff, admitted to the Florida Bar in 2000, is running against Circuit Court Judge Carlos Rodriguez.  She submitted her paperwork yesterday. Sokoloff had previously filed for an open Circuit seat against Rob Jakovich.  That seat is no longer available, due to the retirement of Judge Vitale...

MONDAY NOTES

Posted on December 07, 2009
Is the JQC coming to Broward? - from the completely unconfirmed rumor department comes the following chatter: the JQC may have reopened an investigation into the Loureiro mess.  After a speculative "all clear" call many months ago, Loureiro may have risen from the dead...

JAABCAM: BSO CRIME LAB

Posted on December 06, 2009
1.) Dr. Jim Ongley, MD & JD, Lab Manager of the BSO Regional Crime Lab (his wife is dentist Dr. Linda Ongley, familiar to many courthouse and Plantation families).  The 30,000 square foot facility houses a fully functional crime lab and crime scene unit, which is overseen by BSO Captain Fernando Gajate...

IS THE STATEWIDE GRAND JURY FOR REAL?

Posted on December 03, 2009
The Statewide Grand Jury - is it a joke?  That was the consensus today around the courthouse, although Broward lawyers are probably a lot more cynical about this kind of stuff than most.  Can you blame us?In any event, there are more questions than answers at this point...

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