judge: the court has had an opportunity to reflect, mr steel please take the podium with your attorneys
judge: i have made a clarification to the order of contempt. I am holding you for summary criminal contempt
judge: you are to be held in jail for twenty days (!!!) consisting of every weekend for the next ten weeks (!!!!!!!)
steel: can I be with mr. williams during the weekend so we can prepare our case?
judge: i will talk with our sheriff and we'll see if we can work that out
judge: that's it everyone, everyone is gonna get a copy of the order, have a good one
new lawyers: we are appealing the _hell_ out of this
judge: yeah i know
judge: ok where's the witness we were dealing with
counsel: we uh don't know
judge: welp
other counsel: can I get the transcript of that ex parte hearing? I need it for cross
judge: no
counsel: okay but that's bad
judge: i said what i said
judge: anyone have anything else?
every single defense counsel: we really really need that transcript, also the admissions, also the audiotape, also whatever it is you gave him, also everything else we can name in a frantic attempt to preserve for appeal
judge: uh huh, i heard you the first time
the state: ok for the record nothing discussed in that ex parte hearing has anything to do with any of these parties or anything they're a party to so they don't get the record
defense counsels: um he is a sworn in witness in this very fucking trial?!
judge: you're not getting the transcript la la
Every question I have at this point I know will be answered with, "I am not a lawyer and don't do work in Georgia." I was in shock, I can't imagine weight it must have been live having more knowledge about how things are supposed to work.
