Men fined $200 when cell phones rang in city court
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/sto [2008-7-2]
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Both men tried to get out of it, apologizing to Sloan andexplaining how their phones went off despite earlier warnings froma court officer. The first phone sounded in the courtroom around 9:19 that morning. "Whose cell phone?" Sloan asked, according to video footage of theday's events, viewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Curtis Freeman, who was in court for a ticket for driving without adriver's license, was asked to stand up. "Have a seat in the jury box," Sloan told him. About 10 minutes later, Deshawan Cherry's phone interrupted thecourt. He joined Freeman in the jury box.
"Does anybody else want to do 10 days?" Sloan asked.
At the end of the session, Sloan brought Freeman, 27, and Cherry,26, up to the podium, one at a time, to let them have their say. Talking softly and tripping over his words, Freeman told the judgethat he was late to court and didn't hear the initial cell phoneannouncement.
"But I want to give my deepest apologies to the court," he said. "Inever wanted to disrespect the court in (any) way." Cherry, in court for a speeding ticket, claimed his phone wasturned off. "I don't know why it went haywire," he said. Cherry said he couldn't afford to spend 10 days in jail. "I'm thehead of a household. I'm a young entrepreneur. I have a business torun." Both men paid the fines rather than spend time in the Atlanta CityJail, spokeswoman Gayle Middlebrook said. Neither the men nor the judge could be reached for comment on theJune 19 arrests.
Both men tried to get out of it, apologizing to Sloan andexplaining how their phones went off despite earlier warnings froma court officer. The first phone sounded in the courtroom around 9:19 that morning. "Whose cell phone?" Sloan asked, according to video footage of theday's events, viewed by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Curtis Freeman, who was in court for a ticket for driving without adriver's license, was asked to stand up. "Have a seat in the jury box," Sloan told him. About 10 minutes later, Deshawan Cherry's phone interrupted thecourt. He joined Freeman in the jury box.
"Does anybody else want to do 10 days?" Sloan asked.
At the end of the session, Sloan brought Freeman, 27, and Cherry,26, up to the podium, one at a time, to let them have their say. Talking softly and tripping over his words, Freeman told the judgethat he was late to court and didn't hear the initial cell phoneannouncement.
"But I want to give my deepest apologies to the court," he said. "Inever wanted to disrespect the court in (any) way." Cherry, in court for a speeding ticket, claimed his phone wasturned off. "I don't know why it went haywire," he said. Cherry said he couldn't afford to spend 10 days in jail. "I'm thehead of a household. I'm a young entrepreneur. I have a business torun." Both men paid the fines rather than spend time in the Atlanta CityJail, spokeswoman Gayle Middlebrook said. Neither the men nor the judge could be reached for comment on theJune 19 arrests.
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