@battletestedlawyer: A judge with 26 years on the bench is still doing things legally wrong. Here's what a first appearance requires under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130 — read the charges, advise of right to counsel, set bond. So easy a monkey could do it Here's what she is NOT permitted to do: Canon 2 — Florida Code of Judicial Conduct: No impropriety or appearance of impropriety. Ever. Canon 3 — Florida Code of Judicial Conduct: Perform all duties impartially. No predetermined bias. No editorializing . ABA Model Rule 2.10: No public statements affecting the fairness of a pending matter. When she said this defendant "must be down on his luck" stealing clothes at the airport — she violated all three. But here's the legal consequence nobody is talking about. These hearings go viral. Six months later they're picking a jury for this man's trial. A juror raises his hand and says — wait — isn't that the Brazilian guy down on his luck at the airport stealing clothes? That funny judge talked all that shit about him online. That juror is tainted. That's a Sixth Amendment violation. 26 years on that bench and still doing things legally wrong. — Karam Nahas, Esq. | The BattleTested Lawyer™ #Court #MiamiCourt #onlyindade #Viral #BattleTestedLawyer
