{"id":12187,"date":"2024-05-29T19:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12187"},"modified":"2024-05-29T19:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T19:54:17","slug":"judge-left-stunned-after-defendant-with-suspended-driving-license-joins-court-hearing-driving-his-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12187","title":{"rendered":"Judge left stunned after defendant with suspended driving license joins court hearing driving his car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Committing a crime is bad on its own, but committing a crime during your court hearing is a truly astonishing mistake to make<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re in court for committing a crime, it seems as though it would be common knowledge to not continue to do that crime during your hearing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This has shockingly come up semi-frequently since the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>\u00a0introduced virtual court hearings, but one of the most glaring examples of this occurred recently in Ann Arbor, Michigan.<\/p>\n

Corey Harris, a\u00a0Michigan<\/a>\u00a0resident, was in court because he committed the\u00a0crime<\/a>\u00a0of driving with a suspended license. This is a misdemeanor that can land you a\u00a0$500 fine<\/a> and up to 93 days in jail in the state of Michigan on your first on your first offense.<\/p>\n

That is why, when Harris joined his hearing over Zoom while driving his\u00a0car<\/a>, Judge Cedric Simpson was amazed by Harris\u2019s seemingly accidental display of defiance.<\/p>\n

Harris noted that he was driving to the\u00a0doctor<\/a>\u2019s office upon joining the call, requesting that the judge give him time to pull into the parking lot before continuing the hearing.<\/p>\n

This turn of events confused Judge Simpson, who confirmed that the defendant was driving before thinking out loud regarding the bewildering situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOK, so maybe I don\u2019t understand something. This is a driving while license suspended [case], and he was just driving, and he didn\u2019t have a license,\u201d Judge Simpson asked, to which Natalie Tate, Harris\u2019s public defender, affirmed.<\/p>\n

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The judge was not impressed. (Sky News \/ X)<\/cite><\/div>\n

This came after Tate explained that she and her client were requesting to delay the hearing, saying: \u201cWe are respectfully requesting an adjournment in this matter, possibly three to four weeks that the court would allow.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the following moments, Judge Simpson examined Harris\u2019s file, gaining confirmation that his license was still suspended, meaning that the defendant was in the process of committing a crime at that very moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t even know why he would do that,\u201d the judge pondered in amazement.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the defendant, due to it being clear that he continued to drive on a suspended license – even after being brought to court over the matter – he needed to turn himself back for the crime.<\/p>\n

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Harris joined the Zoom call for his court hearing while driving his car without a valid license. (Yahoo News)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Judge Simpson asserted: \u201cThe defendant is to turn himself into the Washington County jail by 6 p.m. today. Failure to turn himself in will result in a benchmark with no bond.\u201d<\/p>\n

While one instance of driving on a suspended license warrants the aforementioned 93 days in jail and $500, a subsequent offense could mean a full year in jail and $1000 in fines, meaning that Harris\u2019s baffling mistake could end up being an incredibly costly one, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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