Moments after a defendant in a felony battery case tried to convince a Nevada judge that he was turning his violent past around and didn t need to be locked up, his sentencing went sideways: He leaped over a defense table and the judge s bench, landing atop her and sparking a bloody brawl with court officials and attorneys.
Deobra Redden, 30, charged at Judge Mary Kay Holthus in the courtroom on Wednesday morning and supermaned over her bench, as she rejected his pleas for more probation.