judge, i was heading east on sahara drive and i was rear ended. you called the police i assume. i did not, your honor. i m not in favor of dialing 911. one thing you don t do is tell a lie to the judge. you have two district attorneys sitting next to you have access to police department and street patrol who quickly phoned in the location of the accident or the story, it kind of changed a little bit. courtroom cameras capture his entire exchange with the judge. you were traveling west on sahara now? pardon me east. i was hit from behind and pushed into a car in front of me. it was a double hit-and-run? i guess. i was trying to make a sound to joe when i was behind him and he just wouldn t listen. he kept going on and on and on. i can tell you, your honor, it was a hard hit from behind. it was a hard hit from behind
the pain that he was going through, the hurt. i have done a lot of sentencing hearings, and i have had family members be terribly upset and terribly angry, but i had never seen a physical altercation between a victim s family member and the defendant. i was terrified for him that he might get hurt as the officers tried to subdue him. and my honest thought was that he might try to kill the defendant. others in the courtroom fear the same thing. i thought that this was going to be a disaster, and it was. i saw mr. swett s hand moving to try to get to the sheriff s weapon. the sheriff was able to restrain him, and he did not get his hand on the sheriff s weapon, which was holstered. clifford can t defend himself. he s handcuffed and remains silent during the struggle. he never moved. he never said a word. he never backed off. he never looked afraid. he just simply sat there. and even afterwards when they
caramagno, i knew something was very wrong. judge, i was heading east on sahara drive, and i was rear-ended. it was a hit-and-run, your honor. you called the police, obviously? i did not, your honor. i m not in favor of dialing 911. one thing you don t do is tell a lie to the judge. scott hoper is attorney joe caramagno s stand-by counsel. when you have two district attorneys sitting next to you who have access to las vegas metropolitan department detectives and street patrol who quickly phoned in the location of the accident, the story kind of changed a little bit. courtroom cameras capture his entire exchange with the judge. i was traveling west on sahara. you were traveling west on sahara now? pardon me, east. judge, i was actually hit from behind. i was pushed into a car in front of me. so it was a double hit-and-run. i guess. i was actually trying to make a hush sound to joe when i was behind him, and he just wouldn t listen. he kept going on and on and on.
incident is sheriff fred abdullah. we didn t hit him, we didn t strike him, nothing like that. i knew and i could just imagine the pain that he was going through, the hurt. i have done a lot of sentencing hearings, and i have had family members be terribly upset and terribly angry, but i had never seen a physical altercation between a victim s family member and the defendant. i was terrified for him that he might get hurt as the officers tried to subdue him. and my honest thought was that he might try to kill the defendant. others in the courtroom fear the same thing. i thought that this was going to be a disaster, and it was. i saw mr. swett s hand moving to try to get to the sheriff s weapon. the sheriff was able to restrain him, and he did not get his hand on the sheriff s weapon, which was holstered. clifford can t defend himself. he s handcuffed and remains silent during the struggle. he never moved. he never said a word.
i m not in favor of dialing 911. one thing you don t do is tell a lie to the judge. scott hoper is attorney joe caramagno s stand-by counsel. when you have two district attorneys sitting next to you who have access to las vegas metropolitan detectives and street patrol who quickly phoned in the location of the accident, the story kind of changed a little bit. courtroom cameras capture his entire exchange with the judge. i was traveling west on sahara. you were traveling west on sahara now? pardon me, east. judge, i was actually hit from behind. i was pushed into a car in front of me. so it was a double hit-and-run. i guess. i was actually trying to make a hush sound to joe when i was behind him, and he just wouldn t listen. he kept going on and on and on. i can tell you it was a hard hit from behind. it was a hard hit from behind, but i ve got a detective who says there is absolutely no damage. i think you should just really kind of i can t even count up