Posted on 06/25/2013 7:10:03 PM PDT by Nachum
The case of Jared Marcum, the Logan County teen suspended from school, arrested and charged with obstructing an officer after refusing to change out of his NRA T-shirt at school, has taken another turn.
Marcum was back at the Logan County Courthouse June 24, two weeks before he was scheduled to appear.
The reason? An emergency gag order hearing requested by prosecutors Christopher White and Sabrina Deskins.
"We were here because the prosecution filed a motion for a gag order," said Ben White, Marcum's attorney. "My opinion is because, seemingly, they want to take it out of the court of public opinion."
Prosecutors said they wanted to stop White, Marcum, and Marcum's fathern Allen Lardieri, from sharing their story with the press, claiming the gag order would serve Marcum's better interest.
"These are the same individuals that are trying to prosecute him, so as far as them knowing what is in his better interest, I have a lot of questions about that," Lardieri said.
A petition to intervene in the gag order hearing on behalf of WOWK-TV and the free press was prepared. Before WOWK reporter Charlo Greene could deliver the petition to the court clerk, she was asked twice to leave the courthouse by a bailiff who told her Judge Eric O'Briant, who presided over Marcum's case, had requested she be removed from the courthouse.
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OMG!!!!
He wouldn’t stop talking or take his shirt off........the horrors of a criminal mind.
/johnny
A gag order?
Sure why not? We have secret evidence presented to secret courts giving secret rulings that can’t be appealed....
Go for a JURY TRIAL not a bench trial by some judge.
The prosecution saying that the gag order would serve in Markum’s best interest is about as believable as the Rats claiming to want to help the GOP win the WH by having them help pass amnesty.
Love it when the gov doesn't want to play by their own rules
As an NRA member I expect the NRA to unleash the most nightmarish legal team against the prosecution they could imagine. Anything less will be noted.
The parents didn’t waive confidentiality, did they?
This is a direct assault on the First Amendment from several angles at once. I suspect that mandatory time in the Critical Legal Studies class in Law School inculcated the mindset that fires these things up.
They most likely heard about the big rally for the young man coming up Friday (I think it’s Fri). Word is out across the state.
So much for the right to petition the government: you can prepare the petition, but be barred from the building wherein you are required to present it for consideration. Lovely.
two things I learned in my wild and crazy youth..
1) never plead guilty to a crime you did not commit (plea bargain)
2) always demand a jury trial
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