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• DEADLOCK!

  The Seth Penalver jury is in its sixth day of sequestration.  This may be a record for a criminal case in Broward County.  Lawyers and judge and court staff spent the entire weekend on call, roaming the halls of the courthouse and their offices while deliberations were ongoing.
  
  This morning [...]
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• MEET JUDGE SCHERER

   This is not a drill ...
  
  Phones started lighting up around 6 pm - Liz Scherer is your new circuit court judge.  She'll be taking over for Lynn Rosenthal in Dependency in January.
  
  Did Bill Scherer's resignation from the JNC have anything to do with Liz's promotion' [...]

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• JAABCAM

  
  
  
  1.) Confused courthouse employees after this morning's evacuation.  Were they supposed to go home?  Could they go Christmas shopping?  Or was everyone due back at work in an hour?; 2.) Peter Weinstein hosted Jesse Panuccio, Rick Scott's outgoing General Counsel (R, with shoulder bag), last Friday in his [...]
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• MOVEMENT

  Here is the Administrative Order (AO) assigning judges, effective January 14th.  It has yet to be posted on the 17th Circuit's website, probably due to the courthouse closure confusion.
  
  How did we do?
  
  *UPDATE* - Now that we've had a little time to review the AO, it turns [...]
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• CHANNEL TEN AT 5:30 TONIGHT

  
  
  *UPDATE* - VIDEO: Whistleblower Alu says former judge lied on stand
  
  "She lied in her deposition. She lied to the JQC. She lied on the stand," said Sunrise City Commissioner and state prosecutor Sheila Alu.
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  Get your Tivo's runnin'.
  
  Sheila Alu reportedly gave [...]

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• THE CLINTON DEFENSE

   Bill Clinton had trouble with definitions too ... *
  
  SS: Ex-judge spends hours tearfully testifying at misconduct inquiry
  
  JAABLOG: Gardiner Delivers Damaging Testimony (2007)
  
  * Clinton was eventually disbarred
  
  Coming Soon - More!
  
  

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• ON THE STAND ...

  We're told Gardiner took the stand earlier, and may still be testifying as we speak.  Called by her defense team ...
  
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• UPDATE

  Whether or not Gardiner decides to testify is irrelevant.  We're told in no uncertain terms The Bar can call her as a witness.  She still can be called in rebuttal.  Let's give them the benefit of the doubt, and hope they really try to win this thing by putting her' [...]
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• TUESDAY NOTES

  Will she or won't she? - the Gardiner trial enters its second and final day Wednesday.  All eyes will be on the accused, to see if she testifies.  In the past, the horse's mouth often put the horse's butt in the critical cross-hairs, so Dave Bogenschutz may think twice' [...]
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• SHOWTIME!

   All aboard the Loureiro Express!
  
  David Crow's judicial assistant confirmed minutes ago that Florida Bar v. Ana Gardiner is a go.  No last minute emergency motions have been filed, which means trial will begin tomorrow morning as scheduled, running through Wednesday.  Unless some last minute deal is in the [...]
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