‘Jail, do you have room for a man here to have a three day rest?’

‘Jail, do you have room for a man here to have a three day rest?’

Judge Thorne gives sleepy defendant a burst of energy

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A man in court was asked by Judge Fred Thorne of West Memphis District Court, “How are you doing? “Good.”

“How many of your guns are we holding?”

“Two.”

“Do you work?”

“Yes.”

“Are you still going to treatments?”

“Yes.”

“Come back here Dec. 19th and let me see how you are doing. Bring a report saying you are stable. I’m not returning your guns till then. Who is the closest person to you?” You mother?”

“I guess.”

“Bring her with you. It would be nice to hear that your mother says you are doing okay. Be here at 10:00.”

A man in jail with a felony charge of domestic battery was asked, “Do you have means to hire an attorney?”

“No, sir.”

“Are you working?”

“No, sir.”

“When is the last time you worked?”

“I don’t remember.”

“Are you on meds?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Jail, get him an evaluation. I’ll see him on Wednesday. No bond today.”

Three people in jail were called up together.

“You people have some very serious charges. Go talk to the public defender.” Aman with his fourth DWI charge was called up.

“That is a felony. Do you have means to hire an attorney?”

“No, sir.”

“Where do you live?”

“With my mom.”

“How old are you?”

“45.”

“See the public defender.”

Aman with a felony charge of possession of firearms and failure to satisfy commitment was asked, “How long has it been since I’ve seen you?”

“10 years or more.”

“Where do you live?”

“West Memphis.”

“Are you employed?”

“I’m on disability.”

“See the public defender.”

A man in jail was charged with improper window tint and driving on suspended. He pled no contest.

“Where do live?”

“Memphis.”

“Whose car was it?”

“My wife. It is not a tint.”

“Where is the car?”

“Not here.”

“Come back here on Friday and show me the car.”

“My license was not suspended.”

“Show me that they weren’t suspended on Friday and I’ll give you your money back.” A man in jail charged with theft at Walmart pled no contest.

“Yeah, I just stole $15 worth.”

“$250 plus court costs and five days jail.”

The next man had also stolen from Walmart.

“You stole a pocket knife?” “I paid for everything in the basket and the pocket knife was still in there.”

“The knife was in your pocket.”

“I had an old knife in my pocket. I was trying to buy a new one.”

“There was only one knife found on you. $250 plus court costs and five days jail.”

Awoman pled not guilty to driving on suspended. She got a trial date of Dec. 3 at 1:30 p.m.

Aman was charged with no driver’s license and no insurance. He pled guilty to both charges.

“How old are you?”

“24.”

“Why don’t you have a driver’s license?”

“I haven’t paid the reinstatement fee.”

“Whose car was it?” “My girlfriend.”

“$55 plus court costs on the driver’s license and $295 plus court costs on the insurance.”

A man in jail was charged with 3rd degree domestic battery.

“See the public defender. The report says you knocked two of her front teeth out.”

A man in the courtroom was charged with defective

Judge Fred Thorne A man in the courtroom was charged with defective tail light, driving on suspended and no insurance. He pled no contest, guilty and no contest.

“I’ll dismiss the tail light. $205 plus court costs and two days house arrest on the driving on suspended and come back Friday and show me that you had insurance.” The next man in the courtroom was charged with no tags and failure to appear. He pled nolo contendere on the tags and no contest on the failure to appear.

“Did I say to plead nolo contendere? That proves to me you have been in trouble before.”

“I haven’t been in trouble. I read that plea on the Internet.”

“Don’t believe all you read on the Internet! How long were your tags out?”

“I’m not sure.”

“Why didn’t you come to court?”

“I live in Memphis and I forgot.”

“What do you do for a living?”

“I’m a musician and I am currently unemployed.”

“$55 plus court costs on the tags and pay court costs on the failure to appear.”

“How do you plead to failure to stop,” asked the judge of a woman in the courtroom.

“No contest. He said I failed to make a complete stop.”

“Pay court costs and I’ll dismiss it.”

A man waiting on his DWI charge was stretching.

“Jail, do you have room for a man here to have a three day rest in the jail?”

“We sure do. We have a couple of cells open.”

“No, I’m not tired!”

A man was asked how he pled to walking out of the courtroom and not paying his fines.

“Guilty.”

“Why didn’t you pay your fines?”

“I didn’t have any money.” “You will pay $225 today or you will go to jail. How do you plead to fictious tags?”

“No contest.”

“And no insurance?”

“No contest.”

“$55 plus court costs on the tags and $195 plus court costs on the insurance. Make that $325 he has to come up with today to add to his original charges.”

Two young men were asked to sign waivers because they were both charged with possession of marijuana. They were each charged with $500 plus court costs with one year in jail suspended to six months probation and told to go to drug school.

“Be back here in December for review. If you have paid your fines and done your schools I may keep it off your records.”

By the Times News Staff