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What the Hell is Wrong With the Maricopa County Criminal Bar?

Mark Bennett | November 18, 2009

As Scott Greenfield reports, Judge Gary Donahoe in Arizona has held Deputy Adam Stoddard in “indirect civil” contempt for plundering defense counsel’s file. From the court’s ruling:
[T]his case is not about disobeying a court order.  It is about protecting a defense attorney from misbehavior and harassment by another officer of the court. It is [...]

The Mississippi of the West

Mark Bennett | November 4, 2009

Via Simple Justice, this video of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Stoddard raiding the file of a criminal defense lawyer while her back is turned:

Notice the pathetic weak passive behavior of Judge Lisa Flores.