Judge silences all parties in the Kristin Smart murder case
April 15, 2021
By KAREN VELIE
A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered all parties in the Kristin Smart murder case not to talk about the case publicly.
Paul Flores, 44, is charged in the murder of Kristin Smart, who has been missing since 1996. Prosecutors also charged Paul Flores’ 80-year-old father Rubin Flores on an accessory after-the-fact charge.
Paul Flores
During a hearing on Thursday morning, Superior Court Judge Craig van Rooyen ruled in favor of a motion for a protective order Paul Flores’ attorney Robert Sanger filed yesterday. Sanger argued the protective order was needed because of the publicity the case has attracted and the need to secure an impartial jury.
Delaware judge boots pro-Trump attorney from local court, citing surprising incompetence Xerxes Wilson, Delaware News Journal
Headlines January 12, 2021
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A Delaware judge has booted far-right attorney L. Lin Wood Jr. of Georgia from working in his Sussex County court, citing dishonesty and incompetence in Wood’s legal efforts around the country to overturn the presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump.
The rare ouster comes as some legal fixers for Trump are facing consequences for a series of elections lawsuits that failed because of falsities and sometimes spectacularly unprofessional legal deficiencies.
Page is suing Oath Inc., parent company to Yahoo! News for defamation in Sussex County Superior Court. Wood is not a a member of the Delaware bar but was given permission by the local court to represent Page, a common privilege afforded to outside attorneys in Delaware courts.
Atty Lin Wood Under Fire From Del. Judge For Election Suits By By
Dave Simpson Law360 (December 21, 2020, 11:42 PM EST) Attorney L. Lin Wood s representation of former Trump adviser Carter Page in Delaware state court could be revoked based on his conduct in suits challenging the results of the general election as a plaintiff in Georgia and as counsel in Wisconsin, a state court judge said Friday.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Craig A. Karsnitz ordered Wood to show why his representation of Page in the case should not be revoked, given that Wood s Georgia suit was found to have no basis in fact or law and the Wisconsin suit had multiple deficiencies.