Julie R. says

Who's the judge on this anyway? Binette?

Julie R. says

Wonder why this guy didn't take a plea bargain like all the rest of them do. To make Baxter look good maybe?

West says

Needless to say, he wears those stripes well........lol!

Julie R. says

These trials "by a jury of one's peers" in Erie County are a joke and a mockery of the law just like the retired rent-a-judge scam and everything else is.  Somebody from Huron admits in writing to a Court that he knowingly transferred an incompetent relative's Erie County property under a fraud power of attorney concealed in the Lorain County Recorder that was forged by the other fraud attorney-in-fact.......and the Court refuses to accept it. 

A short time later, this person then gets selected to sit on a jury in a case against some Sandusky black woman being prosecuted for forgery of checks. Certainly can't say that woman was found guilty "by a jury of her peers." 

Julie R. says

Hey Pete, I'm not a black woman but if I were and I was accused of a crime in that joke city of Sandusky that I didn't commit, I sure would hate to have a "jury of my peers" be all white people, especially if some of the white people were well-acquainted with the prosecutors from the country or yacht club. We always hear how people "are found guilty by a jury of their peers" yet the identity of the jury is always kept  a big secret. Also, as I already said, I have never been involved in a trial but nobody better ever tell me that attorneys don't work in collusion with the courts against their own clients because I know for a fact they do. In fact, in this county Cleveland attorneys even get away with filing things on behalf of non-clients.

I also would like to mention that I know somebody from Huron in a Response to complaints filed in probate ADMITTED to fraudulently transferring an elderly, incompetent relative's property on a fraud power of attorney concealed in another county and he also admitted that a 4th beneficiary to the property was intentionally defrauded as a result----and the Court wouldn't even accept it.! They came up with some lame excuse for not accepting it but we all know it was only because it INCRIMINATED the attorneys. Yet a short time later this same person that admitted to committing fraud (claiming he was deceived by the attorneys)  was called for jury duty and the jury found a black woman from Sandusky guilty of forging checks for less than a thousand dollars. What a joke this corrupt county is.

Salvatore says

This website sure is slow and getting worse. Wait, Wait and Wait. Am I supposed to buy a new computer to read the e-paper? Okay you legal experts out there. Where is the evidence to convict Gipson? How does being in Sandusky according to a cell phone trace make Gipson guilty? Lots of people were in Sandusky when the crime transpired. Didn't Gipson help police in finding Ricks who shot Harper? Now what happened to the police interview with Gipson? The police "lost" the digital recorder? How does one lose evidence of a police interview? Maybe the digital recorder could have helped Gipson's defense. Okay all you legal experts out there. Beyond a reasonable doubt?

Julie R. says

I also would really be curious to know who was all on that "jury of peers" that found that black lady Krista Harris guilty of theft from her elderly relative using a legal power granted to her by her elderly relative.  And Salvatore is right on target about that joke Attorney General's office. Right on target about Cleveland, too. The FEDS recently called Cuyahoga County the most corrupt county in the country. Which is funny because I've been calling corrupt Cuyahoga County Erie County's "other parent" forever.

Julie R. says

Pete:  I had to laugh over your comment about the Twilight Zone because that's exactly what I've been calling the courts on the 2nd floor of the Erie County courthouse forever.  If you are ever unfortunate enough to have to deal with them through no fault of your own, you will think you are smack dab in the middle of the twilight zone.  I also would like to mention that I'll bet not even corrupt Cuyahoga County would ever allow attorneys to cause defects in titles to property by allowing attorneys to transfer property situated in Erie County on a forged Power of Attorney concealed in Lorain County. (a matter of public record)  I'll bet not even corrupt Cuyahoga County allows attorneys to file forged Wills for other attorneys two years after a decedent's death, either.  Doesn't get much more corrupt than that. 

Now go back to the story about this murdererer so everybody can say what great prosecutors we have here in corrupt eeerie Erie County.

Pete says

Nah, Never had a trial. Only time I have been in a court room was for traffic tickets and my divorce.

Salvatore says

Why don't you just ignore Julie's comments, Pete? Are you one of the legal experts? Why do you respond to Julie's comments, Pete? Is it because Julie's comments are hitting close to home? People in Cleveland have called the offices that you have suggested for years about the shenanigans in Cleveland and were ignored for years. The supreme court is a big joke with recent rulings like a cop can estimate if one is speeding or if a drug dealer can be charged without evidence such as drugs. Cordray's office won't do anything and will pass the buck to the county prosecutor. The ACLU doesn't care about rights, the ACLU is more concerned about religious symbols on public property. What exactly does jury of one's peers mean if an all white jury can decide the fate of a black man? What exactly does the word peer really mean? Doesn't peer mean a person who is equal to the defendand such as age, sex, race, social standing, education, beliefs, and other common traits?

Pete says

Too bad I cannot attach an audio file. Would put up the theme from "Twilight Zone"

If you have no personal interest in that case, then let it be. Or appeal it to a higher court as a friend of the supposed victim. But continiously spewing on and on and on and on and on and on and on about it in here isn't doing any good at all and frankly reinforces the belief of many that you have a screw loose.

As far as the question you have hidden in the midst of the ramblings, call the Supreme Court for the State of Ohio at:

General Information 614.387.9000

You could also contact the Attorney General for Ohio at:

(800) 282-0515

Then if no satisfaction is reached contact the US Attorney's Office for the Northern Distirct of Ohio:

216.622.3600

if you feel that somone's civil rights have been violated in this case call the ACLU Cleveland at:

216.472.2200

Julie R. says

@concernedsubject:

Sorry, but along with others, we were victims of crimes (and I do mean crimes) committed by a Huron attorney, a Lorain County attorney, a  Huron bank, an insurance agent also from Huron and the thief responsible for the forgery on the power of attorney I found concealed in the Lorain County Recorder...................but I have never been involved in a trial.  A trial? What a joke.  A TRIAL was the LAST thing Eeerie County wanted.  Why do you think there were so many scams pulled off to keep the crimes committed against an elderly, incompetent woman prior to her death out of her probate estate? As for being involved in the infamous Krista Harris case-----sorry, once again. I never even knew about the Harris case until I started reading the SR online comments, which wasn't until right about the time Kim Nuesse was fired. But needless to say, I sure was appalled to find out that back in 2001 Harris was sentenced to five years in prison for theft from an elderly relative using a legal power of attorney. 

So back to the question here. I know that potential jurors are asked during the jury selection period if they are acquainted with any of the Defendents but are they also questioned if they are acquainted with any of the prosecutors or the attorneys?  

concernedsubject says

I believe Julie R. was emotionally vested in a trial where things did not go the way she wanted them too.. maybe the Krista Harris case, maybe not... but somewhere a trial did not go the way she wanted it to.

Now Julie R. goes on about the same thing every single time and it does make her sound crazy.  She thinks because a trial did not go the way she thought it should, everything about the jury, judge and system is corrupt.

Julie R. you need to get over it because each time you rant, people began to respect your opinion less and less.

Good job SPD on catching the murderer!!!!!!

Julie R. says

So OK,  I'll go along with that. If the court says your name was selected at random by a computer from a list of registered voters provided by the Board of Elections  then it just has to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But, once again, are the potential jurors ever questioned if they are personally acquainted with the prosecutors and/or the attorneys during the selection period, like maybe do they all belong to the same country club or yacht club or something?  If so, what happens then? Are they let go?

Pete says

http://www.erie-county-ohio.net/commonpleas/tone/petitjury_faq.shtml

1. How was my name chosen?

Your name was selected at random by a computer from a list of registered voters provided by the Board of Elections.

Julie R. says

This story isn't about a judge----it's about a jury. It says:  An Erie County jury found a previous co-defendant, Thomas Ricks, guilty of Harpers death and in April,  Ricks was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

So once again, I'm really curious as to how a "jury of one's peers" is selected in high-profile cases. Are juries selected at random from a list of potential jurors that are next on the list or are certain people picked from the pool for certain cases? So what if one or more of the jurors that are picked are well-acquainted with maybe the prosecutor or maybe the attorneys involved in the case? Would this be considered having the "appearance of impropriety" or would this have no bearing on the case?  

Pete says

Every story that comes out about a judge always leads you to have the same basic things in your comments about how corrupt the court system is.

Krista Harris, that was sentenced to a harsh 5 year prison sentence prison for  "stealing from an elderly relative using a legal power of attorney granted to her by her elderly relative

if you would have just left it at "how are juries selected" I could understand it. But when you constantly bring up the same thing time after time I begin to wonder

Julie R. says

Pete: Why do you say I'm wearing a tin foil hat over a very innocent and quite understandable question?  We always hear how people "are found guilty and/or innocent by a jury of their peers" so I'm just curious as to how the system works and how "a jury of their peers" is selected. Does the Court have a list of potential jurors and follow the list right on down when sending out notices for jury duty no matter what the case is or do they hand-pick certain individuals for certain high-profile cases? Once again, a very simple, understandable question. Would you happen to know the answer?

Pete says

What size tin-foil hat do you wear? Just curious

Julie R. says

I've yet to be selected for jury duty so I'm curious as to how the system here in Erie County works.  I do know that jury notices are sent out by the Common Pleas Court staff of Judge Roger Binette. (don't know if Tone's court does this)  So when notices are sent out for a high-profile cases like a murder case or maybe even like the high-profile case of that infamous black woman Krista Harris, that was sentenced to a harsh 5 year prison sentence prison for  "stealing from an elderly relative using a legal power of attorney granted to her by her elderly relative", are the notices sent out randomly to the next people on the list of potential jurors or are they hand-picked? The potential jurors are also questioned by both sides, aren't they? Questions like----are you acquainted with the Defendent in the case and/or anybody else in the case? So are the potential jurors ever asked if they are acquainted with the prosecutors and/or the attorneys in the case?

 Once again, just curious. Where art thou, attorney Buff?

Julie R. says

Just out of curiosity----considering how judges in Erie County are forever recusing themselves from cases to avoid the appearance of impropriety, such as maybe they are friends of somebody in the case and/or the wife of somebody in the case works for them, etc., etc.------what if people picked for a jury are well-acquainted with the prosecutor?