Judicial+Misconduct

Judicial Misconduct Tom Robinson had an unfair trial due to Judicial Misconduct on the behalf of Judge Taylor.  · Judge Taylor must’ve been thinking this trial was ridiculous because occasionally he would allow the court to chuckle or talk randomly during the various times throughout the trial. This proves he didn’t take the case as serious as necessary.  o “// The witness [Mr. Bob Ewell] made a hasty decent from the stand and ran smack into Atticus, who has risen to question him. Judge Taylor permitted the court to laugh.” // (Lee 234).   · Judge Taylor would occasionally glace up from cleaning his finger nails or taking cat naps to make it appear as if he was actually listening. Otherwise you could’ve mistaken him for a corpse.   o // “In long equity hearings… he gave the impression of dozing” (220). “He sometimes propped his feet up, he often cleaned his fingernails with his pocket knife…” //(Lee 220).   · Judge Taylor showed signs indicating he was on a certain side of the trail. This is made visible by his facial expressions and other body motions that he made during the time that Mr. Robinson [Defendant] was on trial. <span style="color: #0000bf; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o // <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">“…Judge Taylor glanced sharply at the witness [Mr. Bob Ewell] and must have decided his speculations Devoid [are lacking or wanting] of evil intent…” //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> (Lee 230 – 231). <span style="color: #0000bf; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Take notice as to how Judge Taylor slips away from the trial to take care of personal grooming or catching up on sleep. He his obviously missing key parts to the trial. This includes any wrongful conduct on behalf of a counselor or any members of the court court. He also makes random assumptions of what Tom Robinson’s attorney [Mr. Atticus Finch] will call out during the trial. <span style="color: #0000bf; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o // <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">“Judge Taylor… looked up as if he was expecting an objection, but Atticus was quiet.” //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> (Lee 223). <span style="color: #0000bf; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Summary of My Argument <span style="color: #0000bf; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Judge Taylor made several inappropriate remarks and unnecessary actions. This would cause me to sum up my argument by saying that had not Judge Taylor been assigned to this case the verdict of the trail would’ve different. Even though there was a jury, Judge Taylor puts his own opinion into the trial and stops interfering when necessary. He allows wrongful accusations to be thrown in, by Mr. Heck Tate, which could very well cause the members of the jury to alter their final decision in favor of the Ewells. However when there is an outburst in court that could possibly help Mr. Robinson, he puts an end to that right away. The jury, with this false information, comes to an inaccurate verdict of which Mr. Robinson is found guilty on all charges and is sentenced to death. The trial should be renewed and be repeated fairly and promptly. <span style="color: #0000bf; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Anthony Diaz <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The Law Offices of Sutterluety, McKenzie, Tesnow, Maloney <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Defendant: Tom Robinson <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Previous Attorney: Atticus Finch <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Maycomb County District Court