Received the following email from MO Court Case.net System via its “Track This Case” service last night:
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I found the following two orders particularly curious:
1. “Activity Date” 12/4/18 at 2:44 PM: “MEDIA ORDER SO ORDERED”: Does anyone know what the “SO” stands for? “Sketch Order,” perhaps?
2. “Activity Date” 12/4/18 at 2:04 PM: “DJS [Department of Justice] ORDERED TO ALLOW DEFENDANT TO DRESS OUT FOR HIS 12-4-18 @ 9 A.M. APPEARANCE IN THE ABOVE DIVISION. DEFENSE COUNSEL DIRECTED TO PROVIDE DJS CLOTHING BY NOON 12-4-18; SHIRT ONLY.”
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While the article linked below focuses on trials, rather than hearings such as the one TB is having this morning, I found some of the comments from the defense attorneys pretty interesting:
“These days, courtrooms have joined reality television shows as real-life examples of extreme makeovers.
The wrong appearance, many lawyers say, can prejudice a jury or potential jurors. Think 24-year-old James Holmes, who showed up in a Colorado courtroom after the Batman movie shooting last month with orange-red hair. Media outlets around the country stated that Holmes looked deranged and seemed to want to look like the movie chain's villain, The Joker.
What a defendant wears, Norfolk Public Defender Sherri Carr admits, rarely tips the scales for a jury between guilt and innocence. But it does matter, she said. Her office, along with many other local lawyers' offices, keeps closets and drawers filled with shirts, slacks and dress shoes to outfit their clients. They've also been known to make quick dashes to thrift stores.
‘The closer the case, the more difference it's going to make,’ Carr said. ‘It's a subtle thing.’ Their advice to clients, Carr and other attorneys say, is usually simple: Dress appropriately.
They also suggest, encourage and browbeat:
Wear shirts with collars.
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Some local jails allow families to deliver outfits to inmates,
but the clothes must now arrive a few days in advance for security screening, a process [Attorney Shelly] Wood endorses.
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One of [Norfolk defense attorney Jennifer]
Stanton's clients accused of robbery several years ago appeared in state court with long, mustard-colored shorts and a striped shirt of many colors.
A bright and memorable outfit, Stanton said.
It was also the same one he wore to commit the crime, she said.
He was convicted.” (BBM)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/piloto...cce8832c-e861-5941-bcd7-fad3bedf2191.amp.html
I have also attached the rest of the docket for reference purposes:
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https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/c....caseNumber=18SL-CR08574&inputVO.courtId=CT21