PUBLIC REPRIMAND - aka "a slap on the wrist"
Below is the link to the Public Reprimand of Juvenile Court Referee Harold W. Horne.
http://tennessee.watchdog.org/files/2009/12/2005-4-12-REPRIMAND-Juvenile-Referee-Harold-W.-Horne.pdf
While a case was on appeal, Referee Horne entered an "Order to Correct Record on Appeal." The problem was that Referee Horne DID NOT notify the parties (one of which was the State of Tennessee) nor their attorneys that he had entered the order. Further, the order contained facts that were not supported by the court record or the transcripts of the hearing.
It appears, then, that he just made up "facts" in an attempt to bolster his decision so that the Tennessee Court of Appeals would affirm his decision.
Since fabrication of evidence and perjury by litigants is a crime, why isn't making up "facts" by a judge or referee and filing it with a higher court a crime????
Oh, I forgot, we are talking about the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, where politics prevail.
For more on the politics of the Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court, see my February 15, 2011 post entitled, "Misery Funds a Legal Fiefdom" by Nina Berstein. It also includes an open letter from Judge Joe Brown, former Criminal Court Judge and current TV personality.
Sounds like contempt for Joe rather than contempt of court? Republican judge disliking a challenge from a Black man and this is politically motivated and sensationalized by local media, because Judge Joe is running against a republican. Guess who is running his mouth and making negative statements and he was even in the court room? Lang Wiseman, Shelby County Republican Party Chairman – SMDH
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