A Brevard County judge who came under scrutiny after a video surfaced online of him threatening to beat up an assistant public defender, and then taking the attorney into a hallway off camera and fighting with him, is now back on the bench as of June 30. On June 2, 2014, Judge John Murphy challenged Assistant […]
Andrew Weinstock
Brevard County Judge Punches Lawyer in Court
On June 2, 2014, a verbal argument over a procedural issue between a Brevard County judge and a public defender allegedly ended in physical violence when the judge made good on his threat to beat the lawyer’s ass. In court that day, public defender Andrew Weinstock refused to waive his criminal client’s right to a […]
