Seminole County, Florida, Judge Ralph Erikkson has been reprimanded by a state board after he jailed a man because of disagreements with his lawyer. The attorney, Kendall Horween, won a continuance that Judge Erikkson had opposed earlier. When the continuance was granted the Judge increased the bail for Mr. Horween’s client, Bob Lee Walton III, and had him jailed for supposedly interfering with the administration of justice.
“The panel acquitted the judge on one count. Eriksson was accused of needlessly jailing a second man, Daniel Bradshaw, when the defendant failed to plead guilty as the judge had anticipated. The panel said there was no clear, convincing evidence of wrongdoing by Eriksson in that case.”
The man has, thus far, “served” fifteen years as a judge in Seminole County. How many times has he done something like this?
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-Citizen Grey