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Originally Posted by JayB12
What penalties would one incur for jumping the divider and bee-lining right to JA for a good old a$$ whooping?
I imagine the bailiffs are usually sleeping during this testimony and would be late responders.
Serious question. Travis's brother might very well be weighing his options here. Jump the fence and smash this psycho's face in. I can't say that I would be as controlled as the family has been throughout this mockery.
Okay, long story but I actually did that, jumped the fence and attacked my ex-husband during a custody case. (some sort of prelim hearing) Not one of my finer moments. (many many years ago)
I was tackled by the bailiff, a huge woman. I was handcuffed. The judge (who admitted some time later to my lawyer she would have been tempted to do the same) admonished me and told me to behave myself.
The trial went on for some time because I did not live in the same city. My ex was going to use the bailiff to testify against me, how out of control I was, how it took a lot to hold me down.
because I did not live in that city, during court days when there was down-time I was invited to hang in the bailiff's lounge. That's how I found out the woman who had tackled me was fired for excessive use of force and therefore the (new) judge would not let her testify as to how much force she had to use to subdue me.
So the custody judge never heard about it. It was a one-off incident, things got settled, my ex and I are friends and sometimes we laugh about it. The time I "jumped the fence." He couldn't believe I actually did it, inthe aftermath was sort of impressed at my "moxie."
Would not reccommend this approach. But damn, for one second, it was soooooo satisfying.