Former prosecutor and judge Clifford J. Minor has confessed to taking a bribe, procuring a false confession, lying to investigators, and falsifying documents. Before serving as a prosecutor and a judge, Minor was a police officer. He later ran for mayor of Newark.
At the heart of the case is a confession by Jamal Muhammad to a gun charge. The actual culprit was Abdul Williams, but Williams had a much longer record and would have received a long sentence. Minor took $3,500 in two payments from Williams to act as Mr. Muhammad’s lawyer and arranged the confession (which Minor knew to be false). Remarkably, Muhammad was paid only $1,500 to take the fall. If this were a legal transaction, Minor would have been accused of ineffective counsel to boot.
Minor, 68, pleaded guilty to six criminal charges.
He was at one time the chief administrative judge in Newark.
Source: New York Times as first seen on ABA Journal
Kay,
At times like this, it’s good to take a deep breath, exercise, meditate, watch a good movie, do something for the greater good, think about the things for which you’re grateful…
For your own sake, don’t continue to let all of this get the better of you.
This if offered from a place of compassion and caring. It can be hell out there — most of us know…
Anonymously yours
If you think I am a liar then prove it.
I don’t know why Judge Nottingham dismissed my case because he didn’t write a memorandum opinion. As you can see if you download the docket for D of Colorado 02-cv-1950.
I don’t even believe that you are a lawyer or you would know that the contempt power of a court is limited by 28 USC 404 and that a rule 11 judgment requires a publication of its basis.
Go ahead, prove you are a licensed practicing lawyer.
Kay,
Get a fucking life…. NO ATTORNEY did to you what YOU are doing to yourself… It is not like attorneys are in to heroic life saving measures…. I think you finally disclosed…that you had in fact had a case dismissed 2 years earlier by the same judge….Hmmmpt….Why was it dismissed….was it the same case? Seems like civil contempt for acts committed in the presence of the court are well founded….oh yes…Kay….they include previous attorney fee for prior actions…yes this is clearly within the power of the court….
KAY YOU ARE SUCH A LIAR. REMEMBER IF YOU ARE GOING TO LIE…EITHER SAY NOTHING OR NEVER LIE ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES OR THINGS…. One thing about attorneys or most…do not forget what people tell them….so you might want to move on to a new place that will accept your lying dribble…
no idź już sobie….means Good Riddance….
enibob
So Clifford Minor is not actually disbarred at this time? I don’t think that he is in custody so I guess he might actually still be practicing law since he has a valid working phone number at his law practice.
Or someone else might be practicing in his name.
Did you know that Scott Rothstein had absolutely NO discipline history either until like a month before he was charged with running a $1.2 Billion Ponzi scheme?
I wish the disciplinary process would be revised.
Kay:
“I just went to the website of the New Jersey Courts to see if there was a record of Clifford Minor’s discipline history but I couldn’t find it. I searched for “minor” in these documents”
I don’t think you will find it,for this would be his first venture into being a defendant.
“Minor, a former Newark cop, judge and prosecutor,”
You don’t climb that ladder with a “discipline history”
Because you tell us ad nauseum, parasite. And it’s all about you, you, you.
Great BIL and AY
You THINK you know what I think.
AY,
True.
And unlike Warren, kay thinks every song is about her.
Rule 404. Character Evidence Not Admissible To Prove Conduct; Exceptions; Other Crimes
(a) Character evidence generally
Evidence of a person’s character or a trait of character is not admissible for the purpose of proving action in conformity therewith on a particular occasion, except:
(1) Character of accused – In a criminal case, evidence of a pertinent trait of character offered by an accused, or by the prosecution to rebut the same, or if evidence of a trait of character of the alleged victim of the crime is offered by an accused and admitted under Rule 404 (a)(2), evidence of the same trait of character of the accused offered by the prosecution;
(2) Character of alleged victim – In a criminal case, and subject to the limitations imposed by Rule 412, evidence of a pertinent trait of character of the alleged victim of the crime offered by an accused, or by the prosecution to rebut the same, or evidence of a character trait of peacefulness of the alleged victim offered by the prosecution in a homicide case to rebut evidence that the alleged victim was the first aggressor;
(3) Character of witness – Evidence of the character of a witness, as provided in rules 607, 608, and 609.
(b) Other crimes, wrongs, or acts
Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show action in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident, provided that upon request by the accused, the prosecution in a criminal case shall provide reasonable notice in advance of trial, or during trial if the court excuses pretrial notice on good cause shown, of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.
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Character evidence is of slight probative value and may be very prejudicial. It tends to distract the trier of fact from the main question of what actually happened on the particular occasion. It subtly permits the trier of fact to reward the good man to punish the bad man because of their respective characters despite what the evidence in the case shows actually happened.”
Now now Buddha…..she does not even run in the same league as the person this song is written about… some people have no shame…
kay,
Kay,
You thrive in other people misfortunes….this is sad…very sad…do you think that somehow or another the universe is righting the wrongs committed by your acts, mind and deeds?
The next time you fall down…look at what you did right before the fall…if you can take responsibility…then maybe you have learned….Karma is a deviant bitch, I tell you….
eniobob
I just went to the website of the New Jersey Courts to see if there was a record of Clifford Minor’s discipline history but I couldn’t find it. I searched for “minor” in these documents
Office of Attorney Ethics Quarterly Discipline Report – 3rd Quarter 2010
Quarterly Discipline Report for 1/1/10 through 3/31/10
Quarterly Discipline Report for 4/1/10 through 6/30/10
Calendar Years 1984-2009
kay sieverding:
“desperate clients are leaving messages about urgent legal matters and expecting him to show up in court.”
They would have to be desperate knowing that Mr Minor himself may be sitting in the halls of the Essex County court house waiting for his attorney to arrive to represent him.
Maybe over the week-end the posters will get into this Donald Trump for president thing,I just happen to see Dee Dee Meyers on Morning Joe disprove everything that Trump has been saying about the Presidents birth place,and Scarabourgh and crew were just kind of yukkng it up.Amazing a proven lie and they say well hes moving up in the polls.Crazy to say the least.
Off topic I know.
Are there bent cops & lawyers ?
Are there any straight ones ?
Eniobob,
that was a great link. The Right wants to privatize everything because the corporations own them. To think that someone would change the law to steer more “customers” to a privatized prison system is outrageous. How do they sleep at night?
eniobob:
“tomdarch:
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
by Laura Sullivan
Glenn Nichols, city manager of Benson, Ariz.
Laura Sullivan/NPR”
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There’s a good reason the Republicans want to kil funding for NPR and would get help from some Dems to do it. Thanks for the link EB
@ eniobob
Well it would have been after 5 p.m. when I was calling anyway.
Maybe a.) there is a reputable attorney working there b.) there is a paralegal working there c.) the mafia is working there d.) desperate clients are leaving messages about urgent legal matters and expecting him to show up in court.
What is the deal about ownership of law firms?….
I don’t agree either that lawyers who have been linked to wrong doing have a hard time maintaining a practice.
I think a lot of people think that they will gain an advantage of hiring a “hard-ball” law firm; that basically they want to hire someone to falsify documents and engage in various forms of fraud, obstruction, intimidation, etc.
kay sieverding:
I would imagine any attorney whos name has been in the local paper and who has been linked to wrong doing would have a hard time in maintaining any kind of practice going.Hence the answering machine.