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JUDGE JULIO JIMENEZ v. STATE

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

The Herald has the story here of the dust up between Judge Julio Jimenez and the SAO. The title links to the article. Jimenez sought to have the state offer Defendant Dwight Bernard PTI. Bernard was a Northwestern Highschool principal and he was accused of official misconduct in connection with the allegation that he covered up complaints that a football player was having sex with a 14 year old student. Jimenez wrote a letter to State Attorney Fernundle requesting that the prosecution offer Bernard PTI. Talk about getting involved in plea offers!!!! We can't even get a judge to offer a withhold and this guy's lawyers have Judge Jimenez writing letters. The letter blew up in Jimenez's face when the SAO filed a motion to recuse. Jimenez recused himself and then said ASA Angelica Zayas had (and we're not making this up) "Stabbed me in the back...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).