A top attorney and highly-paid school superintendent behave as if they are brain-damaged alcoholics.
Under watch:
Defense attorney Stephen Charles Hollingsworth, who according to the L.A. Times was cited"again"by L.A. County Superior Court Judge John J. Cheroske for lateness, failure to appear and "other strange courtroom behavior."The latter may include the time he limped in with a crutch and blamed his tardiness on a knee injury. Deputy District Attorney Christopher Frisco said, "Then someone called him from the audience and he walked up to them, forgetting his crutches and his limp."When he failed to show up at a preliminary hearing, court staff called two phone numbers he had provided. Neither one worked, so the judge, who was "not happy,"issued an arrest warrant. After Hollingsworth showed up for a new hearing 35 minutes late (on a ...
