more bizarre. you know, mr. caramagno, you told me she was your ex-girlfriend. and so now i m very upset with you. your honor you ve got yourself in this web. i certainly don t want to mislead the court. you don t even know her based upon what she has told me. i do, judge. i ve known her for at least 20 minutes. it was turning into quite a little circus. judge, i don t want to make this a soap opera, and i apologize. well, you have. i know i have. i ve never seen anything like this in my entire life. word spread like wildfire through the courthouse that judge levitt was, in essence, interrogating a criminal defense attorney. did you have three shots of tequila before you came to court this morning? your honor, i did i did do shots of tequila last night. okay. what s last night to you? 3:00 in the morning. okay. i was in my office until 3:00 in the morning preparing the case. right.
i think you should just really kind of i can t even count up how many different stories you ve told me thus far. caramagno s client, dale jakuchunas, can hardly believe what s unfolding before him. he s facing a possible lifetime in jail if convicted of first-degree kidnapping and coercion charges. i felt very frustrated with them and disappointed. i definitely needed the attorney i paid for at that time. i may have suffered a concussion, your honor. because you hit your head? because of the whiplash, your honor. i ve had multiple concussions before. you ve had multiple concussions? yes, your honor. because i played professional ice hockey and i also played college football. oh, okay. so you know what it feels like? yeah. my head has been the subject of many severe contacts. caramagno just can t keep his story straight. the judge decides to question a young woman he s brought to court with him to see if she might know something about the accident, and things
i know. you think i want to do this? the odor of alcoholic beverage was very prevalent in the courtroom and on him, so i knew that he had had a lot to drink. take a deep breath. just blow in it. okay. for the record your blood alcohol is .075. i admit that i did have drinks last night. i lost my grandmother about two weeks ago, and i ve been under a lot of pressure. the drunk driving limit in nevada is .08, and it s been ten hours since he says he had his last drink. caramagno still insists he can move forward with the case. but the judge has had enough. my only desire at this point is to protect mr. jakuchunas. i don t think you have a concussion. i think you re dazed and confused and can t tell a straight story because you re too intoxicated. and just when you think caramagno might wise up, he makes another convoluted attempt to defend himself, and it backfires.
jakuchunas later negotiates a deal with his new attorney. he pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit battery and receives a sentence of probation after spending a total of five months in jail. as for caramagno, he attends rehab, and the nevada supreme court transfers his law license to disability inactive status. i just can t imagine how somebody who s worked so hard, who s taken the damn state bar exam and passed it, how they would put that and their reputation in jeopardy. cameras have shown us that the workplace isn t all business or as dull as you might think. one thing they can t do is explain why people do the crazy things they do. if you have a video you d like to send to us, you can log on to our website. caughtoncamera.msnbc.com. i m contessa brewer. that s it for this edition of caught on camera.
uncomfortable for me because i knew him. i had seen him in my courtroom a few other times. but i had to do my job. my professional livelihood is at stake here. i know. you think i want to do this? the odor of alcoholic beverage was very prevalent in the courtroom and on him, so i knew that he had had a lot to drink. take a deep breath. just blow in it. okay. for the record your blood alcohol is .075. i admit that i did have drinks last night. i lost my grandmother about two weeks ago, and i ve been under a lot of pressure. the drunk driving limit in nevada is .08, and it s been ten hours since he says he had his last drink. caramagno still insists he can move forward with the case. but the judge has had enough. my only desire at this point is to protect mr. jakuchunas. i don t think you have a concussion. i think you re dazed and confused and can t tell a straight story because you re too intoxicated. and just when you think