His license was suspended and the hearing was to delay his reporting to jail by 4 weeks…
And he didn’t show up to the courthouse like he was supposed to, then face timed in while driving…
He was already sentenced to jail, he just didn’t have to report yet.
Like, the court date wasn’t just for driving with a suspended license. It was for whatever caused him to already lose his license and get sent to jail.
So the judge ruled against his request for delay and ordered him to report to jail that evening.
Pretty sure the hearing wasn’t about asking for an adjournment, and the public defender tried to end the hearing by asking for an adjournment because her client was a dumbass.
I assume he was there to get a summary ruling on the misdemeanor- or maybe try and convince the judge to let it be a fine or something.
Which the judge ignored, because he ain’t stupid either.
Edit- it was just a misdemeanor, unless he hurt someone while driving. So it would have been a max of 93 days and/or max of 500 bucks. Almost certainly less than that- and at least here, it’s a “pay this standard fine or you can go to jail.” (I’m not in Michigan, mind,)
Bruh…
His license was suspended and the hearing was to delay his reporting to jail by 4 weeks…
And he didn’t show up to the courthouse like he was supposed to, then face timed in while driving…
He was already sentenced to jail, he just didn’t have to report yet.
Like, the court date wasn’t just for driving with a suspended license. It was for whatever caused him to already lose his license and get sent to jail.
So the judge ruled against his request for delay and ordered him to report to jail that evening.
Yeah to be real, that first guy definitely fucked up bad. I’m not gonna pretend he’s some kind of poster child for anti-maga.
I’m still against carceral punishment though.
Pretty sure the hearing wasn’t about asking for an adjournment, and the public defender tried to end the hearing by asking for an adjournment because her client was a dumbass.
I assume he was there to get a summary ruling on the misdemeanor- or maybe try and convince the judge to let it be a fine or something.
Which the judge ignored, because he ain’t stupid either.
Edit- it was just a misdemeanor, unless he hurt someone while driving. So it would have been a max of 93 days and/or max of 500 bucks. Almost certainly less than that- and at least here, it’s a “pay this standard fine or you can go to jail.” (I’m not in Michigan, mind,)