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Uploaded March 28, 2015 A judge had a heated exchange with a prosecutor in a Seminole County courtroom over the dismissal of a guilty verdict in a DUI case. Now the judge is moving off the criminal court division. The incident happened on March 11. The defendant, Licette Gonzalez, was arrested in January for driving on a suspended license, two months after her November DUI arrest Seminole County Judge Fred Schott became angry when said he realized the license should have never been suspended in the first place. The Sanford police officer that arrested Gonzales never administered a breath or blood alcohol test on her, but the officer had checked marked that she was over the legal limit of point zero eight on her DUI citation. Officer Michael Wagner testified at Gonzalez’s trial that he made a mistake. But the judge didn’t see it that way. In the heated exchange between Judge Schott and Assistant State Attorney Diana Miers, Judge Schott at one point asked Miers to charge Officer Wagner with perjury. “He admitted it was a mistake your honor,” said Miers. “But he lied, he lied on a sworn citation,” said Schott. “Absolutely not your honor, and that is, that is not true,” said Miers. “I am dismissing -- I am dismissing this charge!” said Schott.
Cops dont lie or perjure themselves you see, they make mistakes...Did you see how the prosecutor was vouching for him despite the fact that they said she was over the limit when he never did a breathalyzer?
But of course instead of the story being about the cop who lied and caused this person to lose their license for a few months BEFORE a conviction...They want you to see *sticks lip out* the judge disagreed with someone for lying. Awww...what a sad story...
for the poor prosecutor
Video shows judge s outburst in Seminole County courtroom www.wftv.com
The judge and Miers got into a heated argument because he wanted the police officer to be charged with lying.
"I want you taking him up on perjury," Schott said.
"He admitted it was a mistake, your honor," Miers said.
After the exchange, Schott decided to reverse the jury's verdict to not guilty.
"This whole case was fishy," Schott said.
Miers tried to argue against Schott's dismissal of the case but he didn't agree.
"This is again evidence, direct evidence, and not circumstantial evidence," Miers said.
WFTV legal analyst Belvin Perry, former chief judge for Orange and Osceola counties, was surprised to see Schott's behavior in court.
"That is a very poor example of judicial temperament that judges are supposed to display," Perry said. "He should've counted to 10 and kept quiet."
Officials told Eyewitness News that as a result of the incident, Schott will soon only be presiding over civil cases.
Oh....hes disturbed by the judicial temperament...not about the false police reports or the perjury. Just the temperament.
GTFOH
