So we have the Maligned Trespasser, the Facebook Friend and now the Banished Judge. JP requested a judge other than Bev, presumably looking for a more lenient perspective (she was just writing thank you cards after all). As Joe Friday would say, "just want the facts mam" (you can google Joe if you don't know who he is...and no was not the arresting officer).
This month's E Weatherby Lake Living has a very interesting post from Bev about a recent case...
"Which brings us to the real point of this “Case in Point”: besides always showing up for court dates, please carry some form of identification when traveling. We recently experienced a situation where a person was identified allegedly trespassing on clearly marked WLIC property. The WLIC chose to pursue the case. The alleged trespasser had driven to the location in a car with out of state license plates and could produce no further identification but a credit card, not even a driver’s license. She indicated that she knew no one in the area but for her boss who could not be immediately located. She did not have $500. This presents a real problem for the one police officer on duty because he cannot abandon an arrestee in City Hall to continue his patrol. When he called me for direction, I elicited the facts from him, plus the knowledge that her car appeared in the national computer database to be registered to the person who she said she was. I indicated to the officer to try to locate the woman’s boss in the next 30 minutes who would be authorized to sign her out on a signature bond (the boss’s promise to have her in court), or he would be left with no other choice but to transport her to the jail where it could be worked out. Had the woman carried proper identification (it’s a good idea to carry a driver’s license while driving – particularly in another state) her story may have ended differently. Even so, the boss finally answered her cellphone and signed her out from City Hall – no transport was necessary."
Next dot...body shots
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Looks to me Bev Roper has been taking some hits over this case so she's using the newsletter to "state her case". Don't blame the defendant requesting another judge as our WL judge appears to have already tried, convicted, and hung this picnic-table-menance-to-society-trespasser.
I thought Bev's outlining of events provided some interesting insights. If Ms. Payne had no drivers license to present, the officer could have showed mercy for trespassing, then nabbed her for driving without a license when she was trying to leave. Either way, she was breaking the law one way or another. Really? Out of state and not carrying ANY formal identification? Seems smarmy to me.
Have nothing against Bev Roper but the last I looked, she is part of WLIC (rules and regulations). She should have excused herself from the case from day one.
Isn't it the law or part of some oath a judge should be fair and impartial. I also have nothing against Bev Roper but should she be on any WLIC committee when, at the same time, rendering any verdict related to WLIC code infringement?
Perhaps her role on the rules and regs committee was to provide legal counsel on changes being proposed, etc.? Not sure, but it does make sense to me.
According to the WLIC webpage dated 3/21/11 Ms Roper is not listed as being on the Rules and Regulations committee. I believe she resigned when she was elected judge.
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