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
AY,
Jim is more fun … come on over
You see Kay,
Civil contempt…is a power of the court without incarceration….the Contempt powers of a Judge can include Civil and Criminal in the same proceedings….yes…fine your ass for a civil contempt and for disobeying the Judge throw your ass in jail….Criminal contempt…..
Look at it this away….You don’t go to jail for not paying a civil infraction….You go to jail for not paying what the Judgement amount….there does not look like much distinction….but there is a distinction without a difference….Your ass still sits in jail…Get it?
I didn’t disrupt the conversation. I posted on First Amendment issues and I also brought up a suggestion on Religious First Amendment Retaliation, twice, which none of you chose to respond to.
This blog is good for me because the opportunity for confrontation helps me refine my knowledge, as when BIL led me to the Diane Woods quote on 28 USC 401 limiting contempt to criminal contempt.
I am interested in whom I am dealing with, especially since some of them are making pronouncements about who I am and what I know.
Do you think that there should be standards for self representation, such as read at 9th grade level,read at high school diploma, get X% of questions on multiple-choice exam about procedure, or sign form indicating that you read the attached 50 pages provided by the court?
Kay, it is time for you to start your own blog. You disrupt conversations and threads to no good end. You get called on your BS and question the credentials of the people who hang out here. I am a very patient person, but my patience is not infinite. You have worn out your welcome and then some. You are not an expert on the law. You are, clearly, not even a good amateur at it. You come into a law blog and argue with some of the best lawyers to hang around a courthouse with the attitude that you know more about the law than they do. It is no wonder you got in trouble.
Please, for the sanity and peace of mind of the rest of us, go start your own blog. Blogger is free.
What’s your bar number?
Kay,
No wonder the Judge placed you ass in the can…safer for society and you…
I think I am missing something in this exchange. I can see that “family law” can have many many meanings. I did go to the Urban Dictionary and I saw this
An extortion racket whereby children are taken from fathers as an excuse to justify taking his wealth and income, with the proceeds divided between the mother and lawyers.
Is that the subject now?
eniobob
1, April 8, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Blouise:
I got definition from the Urban Dictionary.
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I went there after I read above … they got her second meaning, the one without the smile. 😉
Blouise:
I got definition from the Urban Dictionary.
“I don’t know much about
familylaw.”There.
That’s better.
@ Anonymously Yours
I don’t know much about family law.
eniobob
1, April 8, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Blouise
1, April 8, 2011 at 12:43 pm
AY,
“I am getting the Piss and Vinegar back…” … yep
Had to look that one up,:=)
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That was a saying my grandmother used all the time. It’s meaning was two-fold and the tone of voice and facial expression determined which shade of meaning she intended.
A smile and laughing tone meant “youthful mischief” whereas a frown and serious tone meant “slightly disapproved of mischief” … in either case it described someone with “definite energy” … in AY’s case I’d venture the opinion that it is a combination of both and definitely a return of energy. 😉
Kay,
What does diversity mean to you? Is it not rue that people move out of state….and if child support is wanted…what has to happen….would it not be easier to go to federal court after the Divorce is filed and finished….
Does it not mean that the court has the power and its convient…but for the other citizen having to sue in another state? You really don’t think too clear do you…Urine poisoning will do that…
@ anonymously yours
It is news to me that the federal courts can hear “anything they want”. I thought that they only had jurisdiction under diversity or that there must be a federal issue tied to a statute such as 42 USC 1983, 42 USC 1985(2), employment, Americans with Disability Act, Privacy Act, a claim of unconstitutional conduct etc.
I verified my third party complaints under penalty of perjury. Are you accusing me of perjury? That would be defamation unless you can prove it — can you?
In re initial post:
“Same with the $250 potential fine.”
SB
“Same with the $250K potential fine.”
Those extra zeros are kinda important.
@ eniobob
Yes, I guess that is a basis for post judgment relief for ineffective assistance of counsel.
There are also petitions for relief from judgments of Judge Camp.
I wish that Judge Nottingham’s use of prostitutes, calling prostitutes on his cell phone, and asking a prostitute to obstruct justice by lying to investigators had been exposed earlier. I am convinced that his USMS guards and many lawyers knew about it. It was Nottingham’s ex wife who made it public.
Kay,
The State are all uniform in 99.9 percent of all family law matters affecting support… vitiation….etc…its just like the UCC…its just a matter of time….but Yes…the Federal Courts can hear anything that they want…..if they are a jurisdiction within that state….or should I say state within the jurisdiction of the court….
But you still are not getting it…You pissed the Judge off and can’t admit it….You also have lied to the people on this blawg about your case…maintaining victim-hood status….
You are clearly and self evident liar….what more can you lie about…and then why? We don’t know you….so we really don’t care…
Kay:
“What is the legal position then of his clients?”
Screwed!!!
I ran across this on the ABA Journal site,it may bring some momentary relief here:
“CRIMINAL JUSTICE
‘Astonished’ Judge Declares Murder Mistrial Due to Defense Lawyer Who Never Tried a Case
Posted Apr 4, 2011 6:00 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A Washington, D.C., judge declared a mistrial in a murder case Friday, saying he was “astonished” at the performance of the defense lawyer who confessed to jurors he’d never tried a case before.
Judge William Jackson said lawyer Joseph Rakofsky did not have a good grasp of legal procedures, citing as an example the attorney’s rambling opening statement in which he told of his inexperience, the Washington Post reports. Rakofsky graduated from Touro law school in 2009 and obtained a law license in New Jersey less than a year ago, the story says.
Rakofsky had repeated disagreements with his local D.C. counsel, causing his client, Dontrell Deaner, to become “visibly frustrated,” the Post says. On Friday, Deaner told the judge he wanted a new lawyer.
The judge declared a mistrial after reviewing a court filing in which an investigator had claimed Rakofsky fired him for refusing to carry out the lawyer’s emailed suggestion to “trick” a witness, the story says. Rakofsky’s suggestion allegedly read: “Thank you for your help. Please trick the old lady to say that she did not see the shooting or provide information to the lawyers about the shooting.”
Afterward, Rakofsky refused to comment and rushed out of the courthouse, the story says.”
@ Anonymously Yours
It is news to me that “the family court system will be federal soon” ???? Is that what you just wrote? Where did you read that?