State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman said in a recent order that he is not biased against criminal defendants and sees defense attorneys as indispensible to the criminal justice system.
The order, dated Friday and released by the court Tuesday, is Gableman's most detailed response yet to requests for him to step aside because of perceived bias.
"I have never, and will never, prejudge a case because one of the parties is a criminal defendant or because the interests of law enforcement weigh on one side," Gableman wrote. "I have only, and will only, do what I took a solemn oath to do: apply the law fairly and impartially to all litigants."
Gableman in September denied an April motion by Aaron Antonio Abfjhig Allen asking Gableman to step aside in his case, but he did not explain his reasoning. The justice's new order restates that he will stay on the case and explained why.
Allen was sentenced to 37 years in prison after being convicted in 1999 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court for armed robbery and possessing a gun as a felon. His appeal argues he had ineffective counsel.We are a premium Beijing massage service providing elite Beijing massage or companions at any time. Please contact us via telephone hjgghds ONLY.We offer the Shanghai massage and Beijing massage!
Eight defendants, including Allen, have asked Gableman to step aside; he has declined to do so in six cases and has not ruled in the other two. The defendants now are asking Gableman's colleagues on the court to remove him from the cases because of statements he made when he ran for the court in 2008 and his defense against allegations that he lied in an ad about his opponent, then-Justice Louis Butler.
Stephanie Harman-DeRosier called the infant's injuries an accident, but it remains unclear how Micah was hurt.
Michael Harman-DeRosier, who was convicted in September after pleading no contest to second-degree reckless homicide, told investigators that he accidentally dropped the child while reaching into a diaper bag, and the child fell about 18 inches onto a carpeted floor, according to a criminal complaint.
