Shirtless Wade McCree May Be Heading To The Supreme Court ( Michigan )

Above the law ^ | 23 Jul 2014 | Joe Patrice

[george76]

Judge of the Millennium Wade McCree has a special place in the hearts of ATL’s writers. The former Wayne County circuit judge had a penchant for disrobing for shirtless selfies and sex in his chambers, and was consequently disrobed by the Michigan Supreme Court.

On Monday, the Sixth Circuit correctly (if you mean “applying the law as it currently exists,” and “incorrectly” if you mean “adopting the better policy”) held that Judge McCree is immune from a civil suit brought by a man McCree slapped with a tether and high child support payments. The man’s complaint is that while Judge McCree was coming down hard on him, Judge McCree was also coming down hard on the child’s mother — specifically sexting her from the bench and carrying on an affair that ultimately ended in an abortion. The man and his lawyer are seeking an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Is absolute judicial immunity a doctrine worth keeping? Probably not…

In a sense, Wade McCree’s story is a microcosm of everything wrong with the city he calls home — a cocktail of arrogance and extraordinary legal loopholes designed to keep victims locked out of the courts.

[lavaroise]

Seems to me the judge made a corrupt money deal with her taking the husband’s. Adultery is a huge deal. This is corruption at its plainest and somehow the victim should be able to sue Juge or city or what have you for being defrauded and the city should recoup costs by charging the Judge.

[jonascord]

This is why the punishment for corruption must be something lingering, agonizing and ultimately fatal. With great power comes great risk.

We will either have honest public servants, terrified that they will die screaming for the smallest dishonest thought, or much more clever thieves.

[george76]

Wayne County Circuit Court judge Wade McCree had an affair with the ex-wife of a defendant in a child support case he presided over.

McCree sexted Geniene La’Shay Mott from the bench, had sexual encounters in his chambers with her and gave her thousands of dollars. The poor ex-husband was ordered to pay a hefty child support payment and..

http://rollingout.com/shame-on-you/deroit-judge-affair-defendants-ex-wife-child-support-case/

[Robert DeLong]

Geniene La’Shay Mott'

Wayne County prosecutor's office: No criminal charges against Judge McCree's alleged mistress

Posted: Dec 07, 2012 2:47 PM CST

Updated: Dec 07, 2012 4:05 PM CST By myFOXDetroit.com Staff A married Detroit judge has been placed on leave amid allegations he had “relations” with a woman whose child-support case was pending in his court. Geniene La’Shay Mott told local reporters that she frequently had s*x with Judge McCree in his chambers and is currently pregnant with his child.

“I met him as a litigant, a complaining witness in his courtroom, and he stayed around after the case was over and that’s when the second half of the flirting started and we went from there and our relationship picked up,” she said. “It went from being a summer fling and just something to do to falling in love, promises of marriage, me getting pregnant, us buying a house together, name it.” McCree described his marriage as loveless to Mott and spent several months sending her text messages about their relationship (you can view them below). Mott claims she accompanied McCree when he filed for divorce.

Judge Wade McCree is no stranger to controversy. In April, he was criticized for sending a female bailiff a nude picture of himself. The Michigan Supreme Court reprimanded McCree for misconduct in October. He has since apologized for sending a shirtless photo of himself to a female court employee, but is now back in the spotlight for his relationship with Mott.

Text message exchanges between Mott and McCree:

McCree: My Judicial Tenure Commission has me nervous, as you might expect. I have to be real careful until this matter is put to rest… you are the complaining witness on a case that is before me. Naturally if it got out that we were seeing each other before your B.D.’s (baby daddy) case closed, everybody could be in deep (expletive). Why you want to spend time with a man like me remains a mystery, but if you’ll have me… then as Bill Withers said, “use me up!” SMOOCHES.

McCree: OK, The math will be based on his failures since being placed on probation, but if U’r right, the threat of jail will loosen his purse strings!

[Carl Vehse]

The judicial abuse happened in Detroit. In other news it was reported someone spit on a sidewalk.

[Robert DeLong]

Link to story above

[cripplecreek]

Michigan legislative action thread

[Hot Tabasco]

boy is the title of this thread misleading........As written, it sounds as if he’s running for the State Supreme Court.......It took several reads to finally figure it out.

[GeronL]

How can a “judge” like that be allowed to stay on the bench??

[WayneS]

Is absolute judicial immunity a doctrine worth keeping? Probably not…

I hope that what he meant by that is "Absolutely not".

[OldMissileer]

Back when these laws were made morality and personal probity where common in a higher percentage of the population.

Now that we have degenerated to x-rated movies on cable TV and our schools (read certified teachers) teaching kids that anything goes, we need to rethink these old laws and hold these degenerates in black robes accountable.

[nascarnation]

[TXnMA]

Fast-trackville: Another "nearly-Black" -- like 0b0z0