in most judicial circuits, there is court rules that kind of govern what judges are able to do and not do. and in this case, mr. harrison, because he was already indicted by a fulton county jury, laura, as you know, he was not entitled to what is commonly referred to as a first appearance hearing or a commitment hearing wherein a magistrate will look at his charges, inform him, and set bond. in this case, because the case is already indicted, it is technically assigned to judge scott mcafee. judge scott mcafee will make all decisions with respect to his case. so as the judge in this case today indicated on the record, judge mcafee will consider bond for him at the arraignment hearing. important to note. jessica, thank you. and floyd is accused of playing a role in arranging a meeting between a fellow co-defendant and treveon custddy and electio
subpoena, but, of course, that will be a question for a different day, for a different court. but certainly the judge in this case found that the two cases combined in her opinion showed a propensity for mr. harrison to commit crimes. so she was able to deny bond based on criteria here in georgia. when you think about that, she seemed referencing another judge. she didn t want to be the decisionmaker on this case. tell me why. right. well, in here in the fulton county judicial circuit there are, as in most judicial circuits, there is court rules that kind of govern what judges are able to do and not do. in this case, mr. harrison, because he was already indicted by a fulton county jury, lawyer, as you know, he was not entitled to what is commonly referred to as a first appearance hearing or a commitment hearing wherein a magistrate will look at his
the insanity defense. an insanity defense or not, jared loughner will never see the day of life again. it is just a matter of where he spends his dying days. and when his dying day comes if it comes at the hand of the government. if i m not mistaken, there s no insanity defense in the state. well, they have guilty but insane. obviously, they are going to get locked up either way. it is guilty but insane, but then they have a commitment hearing and it is you know, you can only put a person in prison for so long. it is very difficult. after the attempt on ronald reagan, after the hinkley case, he was found not guilty on insanity. in 1984 they made it very difficult. i can tell you sure unless your client is barking and drooling, they won t get off on the insanity defense. there we go. very difficult for the insanity defense. very difficult. the attorney s job here is