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I recently sat in Judge Mann's courtroom for a cas...

2008-07-07T11:17:00.000-04:00

I recently sat in Judge Mann's courtroom for a case being observed for my law class and internship. The case before us was a 9am case and I observed Judge Mann to refuse the defendants Constitutional rights as she allowed the plantiff to go on and on for several hours. I actually looked in to the follow up of that case for a Domestic Violence report I am writing in class to find out that the Plantiff was a violent offender of Domestic Violence. In my opinion, the actions of Judge Mann to refuse Due Process of Law and the hearing of both parties is unconstitutional and makes me hesitate in my decision to become an attorney.

For the young lady that was violated by such actions please feel free to email me at jackjack08@live.com. There are several people I can refer you to for advice on filing complaints against Judge Mann. God Bless you young lady for your patience and I know the truth; but only because I researched your case for my class.

Judge Mann should have heard it for your right!

for 12:57 commenter."Rule quickly" as in let's not...

2008-06-11T23:19:00.000-04:00

for 12:57 commenter.

"Rule quickly" as in let's not "dilly dally" around and waste the taxpayers' money. Have you seen the line of people waiting to get into court at 9 am?

Judge Moore is the most competent judge on the ben...

2008-06-11T22:40:00.000-04:00

Judge Moore is the most competent judge on the bench. Of course, defense lawyers hate him because he does not cut any slack. He is for the book and by the book.

"Moore also had the third-highest conviction rate among a dozen Mecklenburg judges in cases that went to trial from 2002 to 2006. He found 62.7 percent guilty during that time."

“I’m tough but fair,” said Moore.

So you see, you can vote for Henderson which has been involved in Child custody cases for several years or keep someone on the bench with a proven track record.. If you want Charlotte to be safer, Moore is the ticket.

"Henderson said he wants to bring new ideas in sentencing, using alternatives to jail to reduce recidivism. “I believe that our court system needs a jobs/employment program or to partner with existing programs to give more options to judges to help lessen the instances of repeat offenders,” he said. ~~ {wow lets just let all the criminals out of jail!}

Liberal judges do nothing for out city except waist or money to put repeat offenders in "programs" that work 4 -5 percent of the time.

I was in court last week and I witnessed Judge Nix...

2008-06-02T23:36:00.000-04:00

I was in court last week and I witnessed Judge Nixon. Level 3 offenders assaulting emergency personnel and all the defendant had to say was I have an alcohol problem, then Nixon says "well how can we help your problem. I'm sure jail won't help you." He gives him 24 hours and probation. Then the precedent is begun and he does not give more than 24 hours for anyone else, just probation and schools to go to. He's a liberal, that's for sure!

Isn't Nancy Norelli imprisoned former House Speake...

2008-05-29T01:44:00.000-04:00

Isn't Nancy Norelli imprisoned former House Speaker Jim Black's sister?

I am a police officer in Meck Co. I have seen Frit...

2008-05-21T11:42:00.000-04:00

I am a police officer in Meck Co. I have seen Fritz Mercer release DWI offenders left and right. He sits on his bench like he would rather be anywhere in the world but listening to a trial. It is also my opinion that he is a raging alcoholic, just my proffessional opinion. In addition to this don't forget what he did with Norelli Black, and when he said he let "let'em go Lenard" go, he didn't he just moved him to domestic court, where defence attorney's would plead guilty and go to him for sentencing.
Theo Nixon, he is a defence attorney, we would be right back in the defence attorney way of thinking and support.
Owens can be by the book, but he is very opinionated. He has no problem letting the thug know he does not agree with the law or the officer, although he will still abide by the law.
My vote is with both Judge Lewis and Judge Moore. Both are fair judges who actually seem to care about the job and county, and do not belittle the officers for the sake of the thug.
I can't speak of the other names on the list, I haven't dealt with them. I have dealt with each of the names I have mentioned above and have no problem talking about them to anyone.
Signed,
Officer

I'd like to know what the process is for magistrat...

2008-05-09T03:36:00.000-04:00

I'd like to know what the process is for magistrates; we have a few arrogant, power-lust personalities seated as magistrates in Charlotte who need to be thoroughly looked at. How are they monitored and held to accountability? This is an anonymous protected group who seem to be immune to any type of public scrutiny. There are some disturbing stories whispered in certain social circles concerning a few.

Just remember, Fritz Mercer was the one who left N...

2008-05-08T14:27:00.000-04:00

Just remember, Fritz Mercer was the one who left Nancy Norelli in criminal court even after much behind the scenes grumbling about her incompetence and elitism. He only removed her once the Observer caught wind, and then once it died down he put her back in there.

Judge Thomas Moore is like Rambo with a gavel! Lo...

2008-05-08T14:07:00.000-04:00

Judge Thomas Moore is like Rambo with a gavel! Love him!

"My philosophy is to provide a forum for a fair an...

2008-05-07T00:57:00.000-04:00

"My philosophy is to provide a forum for a fair and impartial trial, rule quickly and with sound legal reasoning."

Hmmm Judge Moore likes to rule quickly

FYI everybody--Moore, Mercer, and Owens are Repub...

2008-04-24T08:24:00.000-04:00

FYI everybody--Moore, Mercer, and Owens are Republican.

Easy way to tell if a judge is good or not. The e...

2008-04-14T03:05:00.000-04:00

Easy way to tell if a judge is good or not. The easy way to tell and see how has the most signs up. In North Carolina it is legal to bribe a judge if you do it right. For example 10-15 lawyers get together and each of them throw 5 or 10 thousand in a pot. They give this money pot to a judge for his campaign money. Now both you and I know that nothing is for free. Well each group of lawyers will support a specific judge and all they do is continue cases until they get the judge that they supported and it's completely legal. If you remember the Observer did an article on a county near the beach that was doing this. The group of lawyers had a 95% win rate I believe.

CinC, is there any way you can keep this post stic...

2008-04-13T20:09:00.000-04:00

CinC, is there any way you can keep this post stickied at the top of your blog? That way it can continue to be seen, added to by citizens, and updated through November.

9:36, to make a very long story short. The local P...

2008-04-13T12:41:00.000-04:00

9:36, to make a very long story short. The local Police Dept and my frustrations of continued intimidation by a developer and high ranking fireman has hit a brick wall. No criminal charges to be had, despite brush fire,"accidental discharge" with a 3-mile range rifle within 10 yards of my husband and many close shots by "hunting", the list goes on. But during the meeting, reccomendation of the "mobile crisis team would hear Officers side and then speak with me". THIS SOUNDED GREAT TO ME, an outside LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. Silly me, it is a mobile mental health team, who were AWESOME, but not expected. While I believe in being proactive with mental health, I was looking for, um, maybe, um, someones head on a platter? Sorry, long story after all. My point is to share with you, with no family, and not much support yet, please call on these great folks in the future if needed. I dont know who was right or wrong in your case. But definately empathize with your stress of juggling your responsibilities and the welfare of your child. Sounds like you were rubbed the wrong way as I with everyone thinking you didnt have better things to do! Also your story rings familiar as I too had/have all the info needed, but feel I maybe didnt pursue well enough. I did and sounds as you did as well. Hope they are not needed in the future for you and your son, but a great resource to have on hand. Best wishes.

Fritz Mercer is a liberal...

2008-04-13T10:47:00.000-04:00

Fritz Mercer is a liberal...

Tom Moore is a great judge. If we had more judges...

2008-04-13T09:31:00.000-04:00

Tom Moore is a great judge. If we had more judges like him, there would be less crime in Charlotte.

I'm with CMPD and I like Moore.....but, to each hi...

2008-04-12T22:20:00.000-04:00

I'm with CMPD and I like Moore.....but, to each his own. And don't ask me to give an example, we are in court so much that everything kind of blends together, but I remember him being for the most part tough, but fair.

9:36am... Please email me @ kelly@crimeincharlot...

2008-04-12T10:05:00.000-04:00

9:36am... Please email me @ kelly@crimeincharlotte.com

To 2:03pm: My “evidence” was 15 pages of telephone...

2008-04-11T21:36:00.000-04:00

To 2:03pm: My “evidence” was 15 pages of telephone records subpoenaed from the telephone company paid for out of my own pocket proving my accuser never received a single phone call to her home from mine as I was accused of doing “dozens of times daily”. My accuser stated under oath I “called from my home”. Since I worked a 45 hr week during the all the times I was accused of calling and threatening her from my home phone, I subpoenaed the phone records and had a statement from my employer . I also had 10 pages of evidence of my accusers past history of falsely accusing no less than 6 other people she didn’t like of exactly the same thing she accused me of. It’s all in public records. Other pages of evidence were court records submitted proving this history. Other paperwork was a letter, written by my accusers own adult daughter to my lawyer, ( yes, I DID have a lawyer in court representing me). How did I finally have the charges dropped on appeal?-- the prosecutor dropped all charges on the grounds my accuser was ‘not credible’ when he was paid a personal visit by the daughter of my accuser, a wonderful professional young adult woman who never believed I could ever be convicted based on her mothers history. What did this almost do to me? As I didn’t have family, I had no one to care for my young son; I almost lost him to social services since no one was available to care for him. I lost wages from work, I lost my small savings account to hire an attorney to defend me, and I lost faith in the court due to a judge who had a busy docket and was only interested in clearing the docket for that day. I am not ‘upset I lost’, I was utterly devastated and he nearly traumatized the world of a small child as I was all that little boy had. If this is what you call “professionalism’, I feel sorry for you. Apparently it is okay to brand everyone accused in a court of law ‘guilty’. All I know is this judge swore an oath to uphold justice and the law; well he clearly was NOT INTERESTED that day. I have long debated going public with this incident every time I see him up for election. I have witnesses and still, to this day, I have EVERY PIECE of that evidence in my possession Judge Thomas Moore would not even touch. Sorry, he is an UNPROFESSIONAL JUDGE. I shall continue to voice to anyone who will listen to vote AGAINST him. If anyone from the press is interested in seeing for themself this evidence and all the documents, I will be more than glad to talk to them!

I wish the ADA's were elected. With the exception...

2008-04-11T16:41:00.000-04:00

I wish the ADA's were elected. With the exception of a few...someone needs to clean house.

Judge Lewis is one of the FEW humble, knowledgable...

2008-04-11T14:35:00.000-04:00

Judge Lewis is one of the FEW humble, knowledgable, caring judges we have who had retained his common sense and not gotten "robe-itis." He has good judgment and is extremely fair. A true servant of the people.

To the lady that was "wronged" by Judge Moore: I ...

2008-04-11T14:03:00.000-04:00

To the lady that was "wronged" by Judge Moore: I would like to hear the other side of the story. What you consider "evidence," was likely what is considered "irrelevant evidence" and thus can't be considered by a judge at trial per the law. Sounds like you made the decision to represent yourself; if you were so interested in your "innocence" you should've hired someone who knows the law. Judge Moore is completely professional and is one of ther very few district court judges that actually knows the law and keeps up with it. Judge Moore is also one of the few judges that is not scared to hold defense attorneys accountable who do not appear in court for their clients (a regular occurrence for a specific handful of defense attorneys). He is the epitome of professionalism and knowledge of the law. You are just upset because you lost. I am sure there are millions of reasons cases are dropped on appeal (volume/witnesses moved out of state/etc) besides the reasoning of "gee, she's really innocent." Give me a break. Guilty verdict + irrelevant evidence does NOT = Unprofessionalism!

Lewis is a great choice! He is hard on criminals b...

2008-04-11T11:29:00.000-04:00

Lewis is a great choice! He is hard on criminals but also is very involved in the rehabilitation of parents whose children are taken from them and seems to be very fair when making his decisions.

Since there are some conflicting opinions about wh...

2008-04-11T10:44:00.000-04:00

Since there are some conflicting opinions about which judges are supertough, I hope to ask a few "real" police officers who the best judges are. I am not saying the aforementioned police officer post are not legit, there just is no way of knowing.

M-

we need to look into some of Charlottes career cri...

2008-04-11T09:19:00.000-04:00

we need to look into some of Charlottes career criminals and see who the judges are and DO NOT RE ELECT!!!!!!!!!