Chief Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel is expected to rule on Friday on whether she should recuse herself from the gun and drug case involving Hezekiah Parker Jr..
Parker’s attorney, Sherfield Bowen, has argued that a reasonable perception of bias could arise if the chief magistrate continues to preside over the matter, after she reviewed the facts while issuing a sentencing indication last week.
Parker has maintained a not guilty plea and remains on remand at His Majesty’s Prison.
The charges stem from a police operation carried out on Jan. 10 at Parker’s residence in Cedar Valley Heights, where officers allege they seized a pistol and ammunition, cannabis, and cash.
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So it was not his pistol and ammunition, cannabis, and cash….Maybe just the cash he prob can’t declare…..All these years and they still wanna frame u??? Ohhhh my poor Heze….
When will the alcoholic who ran over the students from the university be tried for vehicular homicide etc?
UPP’S Malaka Parker brother
@Smh you must also mention Glaston Browne brother the pedo and rapist already convicted and doing time in prison. At least he was caught with weed it just wasn’t rass gassy dread weed.
Mr Bowen is setting up his client to get over 3 years in prison. He needs to just plead guilty and proceed with the matter so he can get his discount for pleading guilty because this goes to trail he wont get less than 3 years
Sounds like this lawyer set this judge up…he asked her to provide this information and now want to say she gonna be bias because of it. It’s a poor defense of his client.
It’s like asking mommy if she gonna beat you if you stole a dumpling out the pot and after she checked that the dumpling missing you tell her she can’t be responsible for deciding if you go get blows cause she looked in the pot 😂
Bowen pulled a sweet bobol I’m this case and if I was her, I would pull out CLEARLY because of the set up she now finds herself in. Let another judge deal with it and maybe he might get 20.
No matter how many times I read this story and it follow-up’s Im still lost and confused. Like the real meat of the story with the details missing
How bout never
Meanwhile the man still on remand. Justice delayed is justice denied whether guilty or not.
The defense asked for the indication, now they object?
Additionally, it is worth considering whether what appeared to be an unintentional error was, in fact, a deliberate act designed to ensure the dismissal of the case.
Regardless of intent, the conduct of both the senior magistrate and the defence lawyer reflects poorly on their respective professions. Neither can be trusted.
The magistrate should not only stepped aside from this case, but should also reconsider her position on the bench if she can be so readily manipulated by a corrupt barrister.
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