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Judge Louis DiLeo of Linden, NJ; Judge Roy Bean Wannabee, moron  
FYI: Judge Roy Bean was a saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself “The Law West of the Pecos.” He was also affectionately referred to as the “hanging judge.”
The state of New Jersey presented Judge Louis M.J. DiLeo with a law license in 1981.
While sitting on the bench Louis presided over a criminal case involving Anthony and Wendell Kirkland who were charged with theft and possession of a small amount of marijuana.
While he was arraigning the defendants, Louis advised them if they couldn’t afford an attorney a public defender would be appointed. He also told them if they decided to hire a private attorney that they would forever be waiving their right to a public defender. Both defendants then told Louis they would hire their own attorneys.
During a subsequent pretrial conference, Louis asked the defendants if they had retained counsel. Wendell answered by saying “Just give me a public defender.” Anthony’s response was inaudible. Louis responded by telling them that they “had waived the public defender.” He then scheduled the trial for May 12, 2010 and went on to tell the defendants “Be here. The public defender will be her….Be here at that time ready to proceed.”
DiLeo runs trial per the Australian Rules of Criminal Procedure
It is pretty clear that Louis intended for it to be a Kangaroo Trial, one that would make Judge Roy Bean blush.
The trial began at 9:13 and concluded at 10:05. The only persons invited to attend the trial were the defendants, the arresting police and the Dishonorable Judge DiLeo. The prosecutor did not receive an invitation nor did the public defender.
During the trial, DiLeo conducted the direct examination of the police officer and then allowed the Kirkland cousins to cross examine him. DiLeo then asked the police officer if he had any further evidence to present, to which the officer responded, “There’s no evidence here.” DiLeo then asked the officer if he intended to “rest his case,” to which the officer responded “Yes.”
DiLeo then allowed the Kirkland brothers to testify and when they finished he allowed the police officer to cross examine them. DiLeo then found both defendants guilty and sentenced them to prison terms and fines of $2,700.
The Kirkland brothers appealed their convictions to Union County Superior Court Judge Scott J. Moynihan. Judge Moynihan overturned the convictions and in his oral opinion he characterized the Kirkland trial as a “perversion of justice” and cited multiple instances in which DiLeo violated the constitutional rights of the defendants.
Judge Moynihan further determined that DiLeo’s actions “transformed the role of the court from a neutral and detached magistrate and evoked the specter of the backwater “judge, jury and executioner” figure that has never had any place in American Jurisprudence.
In January 2012, the members of the Linden City Counsel told Judge DiLeo to take a hike. As we speak (ca. June 2012) Louis is practicing law in Linden.
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