Posted on 07/25/2017 6:12:06 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
Judge Gloria Navarro has made new rules for her courtroom that (I would bet) stun even the prosecution.
Last week, Judge Navarro shocked the courtroom with her manipulation of jury selection in the Bunkerville retrial in Las Vegas, Nevada. She refused to allow the defense to have their allotted peremptory challenges and selected the jury for them.
She also ruled against the defense on every single pre-trial motion, including shutting down their defense strategy. Things that were allowed in the previous trial will not be allowed in this trial. The defendants will not be allowed to explain why they went to Bunkerville, nor will they be allowed to say the words “First Amendment”, “Second Amendment” or “Constitution”.
Today, during the questioning of the first witness of [then Under-sheriff] Lombardo, Judge Navarro’s control issues took a very bizarre twist.
During the re-direct testimony of Lombardo, the prosecution, reminding him of being questioned about accidental discharge of weapons, asked the witness what factors he was concerned about during the incident on April 14, 2014.
Lombardo responded that he was concerned for officer safety, the safety of the Nevada Highway patrol and also that of the BLM, if there had been a firefight.
Navarro decided, after this questioning was completed, to finish the prosecution’s examination of the witness, eliciting more testimony for the government’s case. She obviously felt that the prosecution did not phrase their questions the way she preferred and asked the witness, since he was asked about ‘accidental discharge’ was he ever concerned with ‘intentional’ discharge?
Of course, his answer was “Yes”.
But, this was not where Judge Navarro stopped. She continued to take over the questioning of the witness by asking the jury to write their own questions and submit them for her to ask Lombardo.
It is not unheard of to have a jury submit questions in lower courts, but it is highly unusual in Federal court. However, asking questions would be one point to discuss, but Judge Navarro took it even further by controlling those questions and answers herself. She read them herself and then decided what answers would be given to the jury.
The jury had many questions, including some that referenced the previous trial. Navarro did not allow much discussion on those questions, basically telling the jury that “there are different hearings in criminal cases with multiple testimonies” and she wanted to leave it at that.
The jurors also asked about the BLM’s prior operation, was the plan to release the cattle or to ship them out of the area? Navarro would not allow an answer for that, stating that this particular witness could not testify to that. However, the jury might get that answer at a later time.
One juror wanted to know if Lombardo knew if everyone’s firearms were “loaded”, and another wanted the definition of “cease and desist”.
This is highly unusual conduct in a criminal case. The judge has turned this entire case into a circus. The defense has been instructed that they cannot present their defense, and the judge has taken over the prosecution’s case. Everyone might just as well go home.
What can possibly happen tomorrow?
Yes, abort and dismember the 9th circus. It is TIME.
Oh yeah. BIG time. Their customer bounced that month’s check and blandly informed them they wouldn’t have any orders for a full year, within a week of my interview.
Disappointing, but as you say, far better for me than a few months later.
I love all of Texas, but I would not want to live in or near Houston.
Or any of the other metro messes in Texas.
I love the great outdoors too much for that.
If I’d had a lick of sense, I would have applied at TI while I was there, but there was simply no way I wouldn’t get that job!
Yeah.
But not quite as common as the judge lecturing the jury pool to inform them that "none of this jury nullification nonsense will be tolerated in MY fair court!" At least in my experience...
Oh?
You’d have preferred staying in California?
My guess is that Gloria Navarro is yet another unqualified O’BS appointee that was installed on the basis of something other than intelligence and ethics. (Long line of those,such as Holder, Lynch, Sotomayor and last, but not least, James Wynn on the 4th Circus.......Jesse Helms has been proven correct by blocking that one during the White Trash administration.)
PS: checked and she was installed by O’BS, based upon Honest Harry’s recommendation:
“After a video conference interview with Reid, the senator told Navarro on September 22, 2009 that he would be recommending her to President Obama for consideration to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.”
OH, NO!
I can tell you about the death of a fine company for which I worked for a long time, that died because of buying a similar company in CA.
I want no part of CA.
Life is full of surprises.
I’ve experienced a few myself.
From a reading of this story, there are so many errors for reverse on appeal it ain’t funny.
This judge is out of her mind. Looks like she would be more at home in the old Soviet Union rather than here.
Ahh, Dingy Harry. The man that was injured by an exercise machine. (/sarcasm smile, headshake)
As others accurately stated, she was appointed by the recommendation of Corrupt Dingy Harry Reid.
Me too. I did finally manage to escape.
I’m glad. Hope it was a good move.
Oh yeah. Hired sight unseen by my current company after a phone interview.
Good timing.
I was down to $20 when I got my first check...
This may be good news, it means appeal is likely to stick.
IIRC, AG Sessions was recently out there praising the prosecutors for their work on this case.
Wow. But glad you made it.
I sure hope you’re right.
You must have a lot on this Judge being so close to the epicenter.
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