Drunk driving suspect George Padilla has everything and nothing to do with a strange day in court on Monday. First, his attorney, Roman Romero, lost a motion to have the case thrown out. Judge Rachel Walker-Al-Yasi then ordered a jury trial, because the case is two days away from being dismissed due to the statute of limitations. That's when Romero said he was too sick to move forward. The courtroom tapes tell the rest—Romero began to leave the courtroom, but the judge wouldn't have it, believing his so-called sickness was a ploy to delay. Judge Rachel Walker Al-Yasi: Because I want to go to trial, and you have decided to violate a direct order. I'm not putting up with this, no. You said enough, be quiet. Be quiet. You want someone to bring your medical records, you should have had a plan.....ah, ah, ah, ah...you should have had a plan for someone. Shut up! Shut up! The more you talk, the deeper you get." Romero was then detained for contempt of court. Then his attorney, Dennis Montoya, arrived hours later with prescription bottles and a doctor's note. Montoya: "I repeat, your honor, you are not competent to practice medicine." Judge Walker Al-Yasi: "Okay, I want you to sit down until you can reconsider your attitude in addressing the court." Montoya: "Your honor, you and the court are not competent to practice medicine." Montoya: "We request to proceed, your honor." Eventually Montoya was thrown out. Montoya: "Your honor, this is an outrage, your honor, your honor! Don't do this judge." Montoya says he plans to file a complaint with the judicial standards commission. He told our cameras, "If the attorney is too sick, and on pain medications— on hydrocodone and muscle relaxants, and feels well enough to do a 10 minute motion hearing, but doesn't feel well enough to do a three-day trial, that's the last word on it." The judge pointed out that if Romero was so highly-medicated, he had no business being in court. As for Romero, he says it wasn't a ploy to delay the case. "I'd rather go to jail than allow my client
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a recent durango city council meeting was for the birds. an amusing guest catches councilors by surprise -- stirring up a ruckus in the council chambers. our four corners reporter erisa nakano has more on the case of the mysterious chicken. during a city council meeting in durango--councilo rs were focused and serious--until they were interrupted by an unexpected visitor. "he clucked around a little bit. he did one of these moves ." this recording of tuesday's city council meeting shows that it wasn't what anyone had in mind. "haha" "an unidentified chicken came to our city council meeting tuesday night." in the middle of an executive session--a person dressed in a chicken costume made a lasting impression. "i hope the viewing audience understands that there is a chicken in the audience." the chicken attended the meeting to show support for an ordinance that was being talked about. if it passes--owning chickens could become legal in the city of durango. "it wasn't a threatening chicken or anything like that." durango mayor pro tem michael rendon introduced the "chicken ordinance" a year and a half ago. he says the chicken was very informed. "it was kind of nice to add a little mor. it wasn't an exciting meeting to begin with and in general, i actually found it refreshing to add humor to our regular meetings." the person behind the mask remains a mystery. "when the meeting was over, the chicken got up, squawked around a little bit, laid an egg and left. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
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