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From Mike C., an interesting article. I have felt like duct taping some of the people in my neighborhood, in my neighborhood...
Judge duct tapes defendant's mouth
Man 'was being very disruptive'
From CNN.COM
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/02/26/taped.defendant.ap/index.html
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) --A Texas judge ordered a defendant's mouth to be
taped shut after the man kept interrupting his lawyer and the judge during an
aggravated assault trial.
For about 20 minutes Tuesday, Carl Wiley, 36, ignored pleas from state
District Judge Jim Bob Darnell and his own mother to keep quiet during
a hearing outside the jury's presence.
Finally, Darnell ordered bailiffs to seal Wiley's mouth with duct tape.
"He was being very disruptive and he was trying to fire his second
court-appointed attorney, and I informed him that when the attorney is
appointed by the court, only the court can fire the attorney," Darnell
said.
"Mr. Wiley continued to interrupt him," Darnell said, referring to
attorney Steve Hamilton, "so the court duct-taped his mouth until the jury came
in. Then I had him removed from the courtroom."
Hamilton declined to comment on the incident or on his client's
conviction later Tuesday for ramming his vehicle into his estranged wife's car.
She was not injured.
No sentencing date has been set.
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