RE: criminal contempt of court charge against student from DP seminar - Jesse Williams

["Marjorie Russell" <Russellm@cooley.edu>]

A great MI warrior is doing the contempt proceedings. 
We generally get several volunteers immediately on the posting of a message like this one. 

And for Jesse, of course tons shouted right out. 

This lawyer has done many before and loves them.
Does a great job making the judge and all his toadies reveal themselves in public. 

A crowd are carpooling to fill the courtroom for any hearings. 
This county is up north.

The MI criminal defense community has sprung to action and they are showing the love. 

You all are of course welcome to join.
Marj


>>> Joseph Low <joseph@jhllaw.com> 07/15/11 5:29 PM >>>
It may be time for the Marines, Haytham and Joey to come out to Michigan to back a brother up.

Haytham is out of the country presently, but I will call him and speak to him about it.

joey

From: Gerry Spence [mailto:gerryspence@gerryspence.com]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 12:36 PM
To: Cheryl Carpenter; Cindy Short; Greg Westfall; Haytham Faraj; Marjorie Russell; Joseph Low; miltgrimes@aol.com; don@gmpvl.com
Cc: Jesse Williams
Subject: Re: criminal contempt of court charge against student from DP seminar - Jesse Williams

Cheryl,

I read the transcript.  I agree.  No basis there for contempt.  This certainly is also an issue for Michigan lawyers.

Gerry

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From: Cheryl Carpenter <cheryl@carpenterlaw.us>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:00:05 -0700
To: Gerry Spence <gerryspence@gerryspence.com>, Cindy Short <cyndy@mccallisterlawfirm.com>, Greg Westfall <GWestfall@hillgilstrap.com>, Haytham Faraj <haytham@puckettfaraj.com>, Marjorie Russell <russellm@cooley.edu>, Joey Low <joseph@jhllaw.com>, <miltgrimes@aol.com>, <don@gmpvl.com>
Cc: Jesse Williams <jlwdefense@gmail.com>
Subject: criminal contempt of court charge against student from DP seminar - Jesse Williams

I wanted to ask for any support you can lend for Jesse Williams.  Today, he was charged with criminal contempt of court in northern Michigan.  Jesse was a student at the death penalty seminar.  He also represented Joanie Holbrook on murder charges.  Some of you graciously helped Jesse prep for this case where Joanie shot her cop husband while he was sleeping in bed.

I've attached the criminal contempt paperwork and the transcript from the preliminary exam proceeding where the alleged contempt occurred.  There is absolutely nothing in the transcript to warrant contempt charges.  Jesse was respectful to the judge and the witnesses in this sexual assault case.  All Jesse did was to ask if the judge and prosecutor were working together and that he knew the judge was going to bind the case over for trial before the exam started.  The latter was in response to the judge questioning why she should let Jesse question the witness on a matter.  Jesse argued that it went to the witnesses' credibility which is an issue for a judge to decide.

Today, Jesse tried to go to the court for a proceeding on a different case.  The court security guards surrounded Jesse and threatened him with arrest if he did not leave the courthouse.  Jesse is a veteran and flashbacks of what happened to him while serving our country flashed in his head.  It took all his power not to physically lash out at the security guards.  He left peacefully.

This is an outrageous abuse of power by the courts.  The judge's clerk filed the contempt charges.  Jesse is a fighter and the judges in northern Michigan want him gone.

If you can help Jesse in any way, that would be great.  An email of support would let Jesse know he's not alone.  His email is jlwdefense@gmail.com.

Cheryl



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