RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) ― A prosecutor's $5 fine for being late to court was overturned after his boss filed a 47-page appeal. The 4th District Court of Appeals ruled that Riverside County Superior Court Judge Helios Hernandez failed to give prosecutor Phillip Greenberg proper written notice before sanctioning him for being five minutes tardy to an April robbery case. District Attorney Rod Pacheco petitioned the appeals court to overturn the fine on grounds that it violated rules governing contempt of court by imposing a fine without a written explanation. The county has a huge backlog of criminal cases, and several have been dismissed because they exceeded the time limit for going to trial. In February, Hernandez began fining lawyers $1 per minute for being late to criminal cases nearing the deadline. Yesterday, Hernandez said he has stopped issuing the $1-a-minute fines. Now, he warns attorneys the first time they are late.
Great use of our tax dollars huh??? It must've cost around $1.31, if they used a laser printer, to pritn the appeal. Then, add to that the time it cost to TYPE that appeal(say a secretary did it at 2 pages/min=about 24 mins=about $6). So the total would be about $7.31. TO AVOID a $5 fine! Make sense? Nope, that's government for you! You wonder why people don't want to pay taxes anymore? It's because we don't want to support these idiotic bureaucrats!!
Just pay the $5 fine. The guy was late! What are we in high school and need a 'written' reprimand first? I thought attorneys have a JD and pass the bar. Can't they tell time? If they were late to the bar exam, I doubt they'd even let them take it. Yet his BOSS has to appeal a $5 fine? Does his boss have nothing better to do?
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