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Next Time, Avoid Eye Contact

From the “You Mean You’re Not Supposed to Do That?” files:

Lawyer held in contempt for simulating masturbation in court.

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This entry was posted by Mark Bennett on Friday, March 21st, 2008 at 6:08 pm and is filed under Goofiness, contempt. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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5 Responses to “Next Time, Avoid Eye Contact”

  1. Western Justice says:
    21 March 2008 at 6:50 pm

    Wow! What a complete idiot. When I read the title, I thought it was in the context of imitating a fact before the jury, I didn’t know it was actually to a judge. Very inappropriate.

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  2. Mark Bennett says:
    21 March 2008 at 6:59 pm

    WJ,

    Thanks for the comment. Funny you should say that!

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  3. Jigmeister says:
    21 March 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Its a gender problem. A male judge might not have been so offended. Apparently Charlie wasn’t. I know. I know. Carry the PR bond in your pocket.

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  4. Michael says:
    21 March 2008 at 10:56 pm

    As an Austinite, I can tell you the most amazing thing about this story is the judge involved. Judge Breland is probably the most easy-going, non-vindictive judge in the courthouse. I imagine Reposa must have been pushing her buttons for months to get a trip to the crossbar hotel.

    There’s more to this story, but you’ll have to wait to read it in the TBJ.

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  5. Ron in Houston says:
    22 March 2008 at 7:03 am

    Nice post, I needed a laugh in the morning.

    Thanks Mark, er – I mean Batman.

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