Greedy Trial Lawyer
Nobody Rats Out A Buddy
Category: Right On!
Deep within this bizarre tale of cell phones in a courtroom is an inspiring example of adherence to the childhood admonition, Never A Tattler Be.
After someone's cell phone rang for the third time, an angry Indiana judge detained a row of spectators in her courtroom and -- after she couldn't get an answer as to who owned the chirping phones -- held two people in contempt for not fessing up. After unsuccessfully questioning the five potential suspects, Lake County Criminal Court Judge Diane Boswell ordered them all to sit in chairs reserved for prison inmates. There they sat for more than an hour until the court session ended.One woman agreed to pay a $100 fine after finally admitting that her phone went off. The judge ordered her to perform community service, but she demurred because a disability prevented her from doing work.
A man also admitted he had two phones -- one was off, and when he shut down the other after the judge warned the gallery, it made a loud powering-down sound. He admitted he didn't speak up to explain that when the judge had first asked. Another woman said she knew it was the man's phone shutting down, but didn't tattle on him. They were both ordered to serve 40 hours of community service.
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