HatTip Anonymous Mr. Green
While no-one can get inside the mind of Michael Herring, the attorney who dispatched his client Shellie Zimmerman as soon as he realized his defense would be exposing the corrupt nature of his colleagues. It is however possible to understand what ‘might’ have been a consideration.
Michael Herring is the son of a former 18th Judicial Circuit State Attorney General, Abbott Herring. Coincidently the same position that Norman Wolfinger now occupies.
The same Norm Wolfinger who was pressured by Governor Rick Scott and Florida State Attorney General Pam Bondi. The same Norm Wolfinger who was brutalized by the race-baiting class, the NAACP, and the rabid Natalie Jackson influenced coalition of City Manager Nelson Bonaparte and Seminole NAACP President Turner Clayton to step down from the case and allow the railroading lynchmob to advance.
Kinda makes sense why Herring Jr. wanted nothing to do with exposing that viper pit.
Herring was known for seeking indictments of youths charged with major crimes such as murder, burglary or robbery. Judicial rulings overturned many of those indictments, but Herring said he believed prosecution of the youths as adults was a deterrent to juvenile crime.
Near the end of his last term Herring caused a stir when he made public unsubstantiated allegations that a Casselberry prostitution ring might have spread into state government circles. Gov. Reubin Askew blasted Herring for ”leaking” unproven allegations and making ”misleading and exaggerated statements.”
Abbott Herringreplied that he ”did not leak anything — I shouted it out.”
Abbott Herring served as state attorney for the 18th Judicial Circuit until 1976, when he lost his bid for a third term to Douglas Cheshire, now a lawyer in Brevard County. (more)
Mr. Abbott Herring, a resident of Brevard County and later Seminole County, served as the circuit’s State Attorney for two four-year terms, being defeated in 1976 by democrat Douglas Cheshire. Mr. Cheshire, who resided in Brevard County, served as State Attorney for two terms before being defeated in 1984 by republican Norman R. Wolfinger.
Mr. Norm Wolfinger was re-elected without opposition in 1988, re-elected in 1992 by 70% of the vote, re-elected without opposition in 1996, re-elected without opposition in 2000, re-elected without opposition in 2004 to his sixth four-year term and re-elected without opposition in 2008 to his seventh four-year term.
In a semi related note allow me to clear something up. First read this:
HatTip to Anonymous Mr. Pink – They were discussing this post titled “O’Mara Knew” Which coincidently we stand behind 100% and are very appreciative when we witness folks deny in writing what we know to be factual.
According to Mr. NeJame we never called him to verify his aspect. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. Why would we need to? Everything is either “on the record” in media interviews, or factually traceable through other sources including credit card statements, ping-back cell phone tracers, and the old fashioned boots on the ground.
Waiters, waitresses, coffee house barristers, car wash attendants, gatekeepers, lawn and pool service peeps, and various receptionists know far more about the comings and goings of the players involved in this network.
Why would we need to call NeJame for confirmation of a lunch with Mark O’Mara when the lady who put the salad on their table confirms their meeting.
We will never just casually accept the “word” of an active participant who has a vested interest in the disinformation or manipulation of the truth. The Truth Has No Agenda – They do….
And yes, Mr. NeJame in one aspect you are entirely correct, your life is an “Open Book”, just keep talking.
PS. Here’s a thought…. if it is laughable, then how come this stuff keeps turning out to be entirely true? I mean it ain’t like there is a lack of specificity, huh? Whoopsie, funny that….
Now back to the matter at hand: – O’Mara’s Lying and NeJame’s Knowledge –
JUNE 4th – You can tell it to the judge, I guess. George Zimmerman has some explaining to do. He is back in jail. The man who is charged with murdering Tayvon Martin had his bail revoked. The judge says Zimmerman and his wife lied when they told the court they were broke but they had a pretty hefty defense fund. Earlier the Martin family attorney said the ruling shows that Zimmerman can’t be trusted.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BENJAMIN CRUMP, ATTORNEY: It focuses everybody’s attention to George Zimmerman’s credibility and, remember, his credibility is the main thing here because it is only his version of the facts that say Trayvon Martin attacked him. All of the objective evidence suggests that he pursued and shot Trayvon Martin in the heart. And that is going to be a crucial, crucial issue, credibility, credibility, credibility.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O’BRIEN: Zimmerman’s lawyer is expected to ask for a new bond hearing. Joining us this morning is CNN legal analyst Mark Nejame. Thanks for being with us. Do you expect, in fact, he asks for a new bond hearing he put George Zimmerman and Shelley back on the stand to explain what was behind I guess what got them — getting him back into jail?
MARK NEJAME, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Well, if he has any hope for a bond, he has to.
O’BRIEN: They have to be on the stand?
NEJAME: Yes. How else do you explain the circumstances? The state has submitted toted judge apparently the transcripts from the jail which suggests there was some sort of hiding or removing of funds. At least the judge believed that from what we now understand. So in order to overcome that, how else can you get it explained without having him take the stand? So a very, very, very risky move, though.
I was not a fan of the fact that he was — he took the stand the first time at his bond hearing. Any of those statements can be used against you. And I do agree with Mr. Crump as it relates to credibility as everything. I don’t agree with him that it’s only the credibility issue. Forensics and eyewitnesses and ear witnesses are all relevant, but I do think the credibility is everything. When you put somebody on the stand, you’re throwing the dice.
O’BRIEN: I read a report saying the judge is even surprised that the prosecutors aren’t charging Shelly with anything. And it looks like the judge is not bringing any contempt of court charges against her as well. Does that surprise you?
NEJAME: Well, I think it’s a little early right now. I doubt that the judge has made any communication with the prosecutors to suggest that. But I think clearly that’s an option.
But you have a contempt of court, which the judge could consider, and you have criminal charges which the state could consider. I’m not sure anybody wants to do all that. Remember, another high profile case, the Anthony case, there was a lot of discussion about would the state charge other people in that. I think in this case sometimes you want to keep your eye on the ball and don’t make it look like you’re being retaliatory.
However, this is a very aggressive prosecution team, and nothing they are doing, they are not playing softball in this case. So it wouldn’t surprise me if they are considering it. Whether strategically they think it’s a boast decision, a decision they will make behind closed doors.
O’BRIEN: I want to read to everybody a transcript of the conversation that happened between George Zimmerman’s — George and his wife Shelly in jail and also sort of compare that to the April hearing. In the transcript , George Zimmerman says, “In my account, do I have at least 100? Shelly says no. How close am I? Shelly says, Eight. George says, Really? So total everything how much are we looking at? Shelly says, Like $155.” Then just a couple of days later at the hearing that took place on April 20th, she is asked, “You mentioned in terms of the ability for your husband to make a bond amount that you have no — you all had no money, is that correct? To my knowledge that is correct, she says. Are you aware of the website? She says I’m aware of the website. How much money is in that website right now? Currently, I do not know” when clearly if you take it off the transcript from a couple of days before, she knows exactly how much is in the account. I know you wanted to jump in, Will.
CAIN: I want to return to the issue of credibility, credibility, credibility. Can you tell us how this plays out in a potential trial for George Zimmerman? His bond hearing testimony, how does that play out? George Zimmerman gets on the stand and shown to be a liar by this evidence here or his credibility is questioned by this evidence here?
NEJAME: If I might. I think that the bigger issue initially and preliminarily will be the stand your ground hearing because the stand your ground hearing is basically a motion to dismiss and have the case thrown out early. The judge will be the finder of fact and name a determination whether stand-your-ground is appropriate. You have to determine the witness here is credible because it’s his basically his version which would suggest this is a stand-your-ground case. Now the Judge Lester who I’ve known for 30 years, he has a real credibility issue as it relates to Zimmerman. Now, that is where his lawyer, O’Mara has an issue. Can he reverse the judge’s thought process?
ROLAND MARTIN: Mark, I know some would probably say this is no big deal, but Roger Clemens is on trial right now for lying to Congress under oath. That was one of the issues also with Barry Bonds. So the court takes very seriously when somebody lies under oath to a court officer.
NEJAME: I can’t agree with you more. If I was ever a judge, and I never want to be, but I’d be tougher on two types of crimes, and one of those is lying. We accept lying too readily in the court system and say, that’s what happens. When you get caught, it’s a big deal, as it well should be.
Now with that said, I think that we do need to hear the other side. We have not heard another side yet. I think we need to allow the hearing to play out. If there is a counterpoint to this, we don’t know. If all of the facts, we don’t know all of the circumstances. It does make it look like his wife was absolutely holding information back from the court. But without a full hearing to hear all sides all we can do right now is guess and have a supposition. I want to get to the hearing.
O’BRIEN: Does the court take into account — when I’ve discussed this case with people, they say, yes, but on the other side here you have a guy who is 28, you know. He is relatively young. He is panicking and trying to figure out how to get out of jail. Does a court take any of that sort of into account or is it, listen, you lied and now you’ve wrecked your credibility to some degree and since you’ve lied, we are going to be much harder on you? How does it work?
NEJAME: If you’re under oath and you’re 28-years-old, you’re man, you’re deemed to know. If you’re 18, you’re deemed to know. He is deemed to know what went on, and I don’t think that there is going to be a lot of forgiveness for that. I think there may be an explanation that may provide some measure of mitigation, but I think he is going to be held to his words and the consequences of those as he well should be.
I do want to make a quick point, though. Remember, that when all of this was going on, he had very little time to meet with his lawyer. The other lawyers got off the case. O’Mara got on it. Zimmerman turned himself in. So I don’t think there was any opportunity to truly communicate with O’Mara. Even the court has said he is not held ethically to any of this. As soon as he knew about it he brought it to the court’s attention. But if there is any measure of mitigation that I’m hearing is may be that, that he was confused as far as who was in control. Although the tapes suggest he and his wife believed they were in control.
O’BRIEN: Thank you for being with us. We certainly appreciate it.
Lastly, I want to leave you with one thought. The big risk.
Angela Corey knows of the O’Mara deception. She knows full well how much trouble he has put himself in if discovered. She has HUGE leverage over him and she is not from the Orlando area. I wonder if George Zimmerman knows how dangerous it is to be represented by an attorney who has done something illegal that the other side knows about.?
George Zimmerman represents a risk to Mark O’Mara.
Corey will diligently work with that insider knowledge using it to her strategic advantage.