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PostSubject: YaY! Statists turn on each other: Public defender attacked in Criminal District Court   YaY! Statists turn on each other:  Public defender attacked in Criminal District Court Icon_minitimeThu Dec 10, 2009 10:00 pm

The Judiciary Commission should investigate the summary ejection of an Orleans Parish public defender from Criminal District Court during a hearing about his client, which resulted in the lawyer being roughed up by sheriff's deputies, Chief Public Defender Derwyn Bunton said this week.

Bunton said defense attorney Stuart Weg was trying to persuade Judge Benedict Willard to release a man incorrectly picked up on a warrant meant for another person. During this discussion, Willard at some point directed the sheriff deputies who serve in his courtroom to remove Weg, according to a letter Bunton sent this week to the Judiciary Commission, the arm of the Louisiana Supreme Court that investigates judges,

Weg was booked by the deputies with battery, criminal trespass and resisting arrest. He suffered "bruised ribs" during the arrest, the letter stated.

A spokeswoman for Criminal District Court released a statement that Weg "repeatedly refused to comply with a directive from the judge during a hearing." When escorted from the hearing, Weg "struggled" with the deputy, according to the statement.

But Bunton countered that his attorney didn't struggle and didn't violate any court order. There is no mention in court records of Weg being held in contempt of court.

Criminal Sheriff Marlin Gusman's office would not comment about Weg's alleged injuries, saying in a statement they had not yet received the letter from the public defenders office...

This is the second time that a public defender was injured when deputies escorted him from Willard's courtroom, Bunton said. The first time was in May, when Willard ordered attorney Steve Singer out of court. Singer suffered ligament damage that had to be surgically repaired, he said.

"I'm asking for an investigation because it seems weird to me that two of my attorneys have left that courtroom injured," Bunton said.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/12/public_defender_mistreated_in.html

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