Posted on 11/18/2011 5:58:06 PM PST by abb
An extraordinary legal shouting match has broken out in Durham, N.C., between the county’s beleaguered local district attorney and its senior Superior Court judge, who has chastised the D.A. in open court.
In a harshly worded court filing, Durham Dist. Atty. Tracey Cline accused Judge Orlando F. Hudson Jr. of "moral turpitude, dishonesty and corruption" and complained that the judge "harbors animosity" toward her and has engaged in "retaliatory conduct" and "gross misconduct."
Court filings are typically written in dry, obtuse legal argot. But Cline’s filing contains unusually accusatory and vituperative language replete with fractured syntax and spelling errors. She wrote that Hudson’s actions "striped away" her rights, and that credibility of the criminal justice system is a "causality" of Hudson’s conduct. She described Hudson’s behavior as "without responsibility or conscious."
Saying crime victims have been "emotionally and relentlessly repeatedly raped" by the judge’s rulings, Cline said she will attempt to have Hudson removed from overseeing criminal cases. She also wrote that she has filed a misconduct complaint against Hudson with the state commission that oversees judges.
Cline's filing, submitted late Thursday, accuses Hudson of "intentional and malicious acts with GROSS UNCONCERN for this conduct and done in BAD FAITH."
Hudson, the senior resident judge in Durham since 1995, has dismissed murder charges in two cases prosecuted by Cline’s office. The judge has ruled that Cline "flagrantly violated" a defendant’s rights in one case, in which Hudson said Cline deliberately misstated facts in court. Cline was elected district attorney in 2008, after former Dist. Atty. Mike Nifong was removed from office and disbarred for falsely accusing Duke University lacrosse players of raping a stripper. Cline was reelected last year after running unopposed.
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NC Central School of Law. In Durham of course.
Just wow. This woman is actually a District Attorney. I wonder about the competency of her personnel.
The real question would seem to be How do they pass the bar exam?
Pathetic. She has a law degree?
Some updates.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/19/1654930/state-bar-looking-at-cline.html
Published Sat, Nov 19, 2011 03:49 AM
State Bar looking at Cline
BY J. ANDREW CURLISS - acurliss@newsobserver.com
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/16488618/article-Judge-says-state-violated-the-rights-of-Dorman-?instance=homethirdleft
Judge says state violated the rights of Dorman
11.18.11 - 07:30 pm
BY BETH VELLIQUETTE
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/16488468/article-DA-calls-for-Hudson-to-be-removed-from-Durham-cases-?instance=homesecondleft
DA calls for Hudson to be removed from Durham cases
11.18.11 - 07:02 pm
BY BETH VELLIQUETTE
It's called the fruits of affirmative action Judge.
I was thinking the same. How do they pass the bar? Isn't the bar exam supposed to be blind to the person's identity?
Most likely Carolina Central University, alma mater of Crystal Magnum. Central is a Black state university in Durham. Having met a number of people who graduated from there particularly the education dept I think it needs a serious revamping if not closed.
Most likely Carolina Central University, alma mater of Crystal Magnum. Central is a Black state university in Durham. Having met a number of people who graduated from there particularly the education dept I think it needs a serious revamping if not closed.
Most likely Carolina Central University, alma mater of Crystal Magnum. Central is a Black state university in Durham. Having met a number of people who graduated from there particularly the education dept I think it needs a serious revamping if not closed.
See my 28, 29, or 30.
Actually, we here at FRee Republic recognized the endemic rot of the Durham “Justice System” 5 1/2 years ago - in the spring of 2006 - when the attempted lynching of Colin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann, and Dave Evans took place.
What’s amazing is that the malefactors were able to keep it so well hidden since then.
She could’ve saved a whole bunch of time typing up that brief and just file it as a one-page document saying “OH NO YOU DI’NT!”.
}:-)4
Between Cline and Hudson, who would win the spelling Bee?
Geithner could have used your help.
That was an astounding response by any group of people. I think the FREEPERS were the most perceptive and insightful of watchers defending the players. I sent an e-mail to their support site and informed them that I thought there was a lot of good ideas and support here. I’ve been suspicious of the system in Durham since then and it looks like not a whole lot changed. But the people get what they vote for I guess.
Update.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/19/1655157/cline-says-shes-facing-a-conspiracy.html
Cline says she’s facing a conspiracy
District Attorney Tracey Cline continued her attack on Durham’s top judge in a lengthy court filing made public Friday that accused Orlando Hudson of heading a conspiracy to discredit and punish her.
In a 285-page motion packed with passionate and personal attacks, Cline asked Hudson to remove himself from all pending criminal cases in Durham because of his rulings against Cline in several high-profile cases.
Hudson has the “reprobate mind of a monarch” who inappropriately tried “to intimidate, control and dictate the discretion of the district attorney.”
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