This is a perfect excuse for a personal day!
I agree!!! AWESOME idea if I were closer to ATL than around 1,000 miles today as I'm in the middle of bumble-nowhere monitoring a trial (Civil) for my work...LOL!!! Greetings and best wishes from the Hampton Inn in "Hooterville", Oklahoma
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Hope to find a decent dinner at the local burger joint later...
I have LESS than no idea how to do multiple post quotes in a single response - unlike some of you "gurus" here - so what follows is purely my stream-of-consciousness replies to prior posts that struck me...please bear with me!!
First of all, let's keep today's "festivities" in proper perspective...this was a BOND HEARING folks, not the actual trial of this case! While I have snickered more than once over the past few weeks with thoughts of AS confined in the DeKalb County lockup (one of the nastier for prisoners, as I've heard, despite HN absolutely THRIVING while there since he was no longer subjected to AS and her never-ending garbage!). Personally, I am beyond THRILLED that Judge Adams is on this case and just can't wait to watch him as this hot mess moves forward. Of COURSE, he has to bend every way he can to show he isn't biased against AS -PARTICULARLY following his banishment of her from the COURTHOUSE after correctly finding her conduct inappropriate - and, quite frankly, I think a higher bond/no bond could just very well be reversible error when her INEVITABLE conviction goes up on Appeal...the same way I have to report what I consider to be crappy rulings in favor of the Plaintiff while monitoring a trial, as the Judge usually does this to protect the record from the Court of Appeals.
For those of you thrown by the Court Reporter's equipment today...believe it or not, the "face mask" is the most common method of recording proceedings in Georgia, and it and the "little typing machine" everyone loves are viewed as equal Reporting tools in the State of Georgia. I admit that the use of this device is extremely distracting to those used to solely seeing the stenotyping machines (myself included many years ago when I first started in the industry that I've been in all these years), but y'all will learn to get beyond its distraction shortly. Something tells me that this particular Court Reporter was "covering" for Judge Adams' regular Court Reporter today since everyone was so shocked to see this device for the first time.
Things I take as extremely encouraging from Judge Adams today:
1. First time he's EVER let a Defendant out on an ankle monitor...EVERYONE on the AS "team" is on notice that the first "hiccup" in it monitoring her/her compliance with house arrest will put her right back in the DeKalb County pokey until her criminal trial concludes (and beyond since she WILL be convicted).
2. We all know she's delusional, but even AS has to realize that even the APPEARANCE of a deviation from his incredibly restrictive bond conditions will immediately incur her lock-up and forfeit of bail...this is the SAME GUY who kicked her butt out of the COURTHOUSE for her shenanigans during the HN trial. Surely even AS isn't THAT stupid to think she can take Judge Adams and his rulings lightly (ah go ahead and just give it a try Andrea...I'll help drive your happy butt right on back to Decatur, LOL!!).
3. Judge Adams is resolute that the Arraignment WILL occur just 2 weeks from Thursday (9/6/12)...despite the protestations of Defense counsel to the contrary!! Are we EVER in for some fun then
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Thank Heaven for us locals that 11 Alive is planning to replay everything in the evenings on WIZ TV (Comcast 211) just like they did every single day - and even over the weekends - during the HN trial!! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So very, very glad to be back "home" with "my peeps" that I had so much fun with during the HN trial!!! Can not WAIT to read Athelake's personal observations of today's festivities when I get back to the hotel from dinner!!
As always, the above is IMHO, MOO, and every other possible disclosure requeired!
Westie Mom