The whole point of a bond hearing is to assess whether or not the Defendant has a fixed address, fixed employment, is on parole or probation, has any prior failures to appear, has any prior criminal record, or if there is anything disturbing in the Statement of Probable cause. Anything else or any other conduct by the Defendant which is unrelated to those factors is unhelpful, disruptive, and slows down the judicial process. I side with the judge here.
Direct contempt can be defined simply as an incredibly stupid act which occurs in the presence of the judge. She was held in direct criminal contempt because her disrespect and stupidity occurred in the judge's presence.
This occurred in Miami-Dade County and I have seen multiple other acts of stupidity at bond hearings in that jurisdiction. This judge was only recently appointed to the bench and it is somewhat interesting to me that he was a former congressman.
Direct contempt can be defined simply as an incredibly stupid act which occurs in the presence of the judge. She was held in direct criminal contempt because her disrespect and stupidity occurred in the judge's presence.
This occurred in Miami-Dade County and I have seen multiple other acts of stupidity at bond hearings in that jurisdiction. This judge was only recently appointed to the bench and it is somewhat interesting to me that he was a former congressman.