When a Georgia judge was informed that a domestic violence defendant had threatened the court staff, he told his staff, "You all go back there and get my Hank Aaron baseball bat." The defendant and his lawyer claim the judge "brandished" the bat, resulting in a "terroristic threat" -- but affidavits from others in the courtroom suggest the judge may have been guilty only of theatrics.
October 24, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Don’t mess with a judge who keeps a baseball bat in his chambers.
When Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin S. Arrington Sr. was told a domestic violence defendant appearing at a bond hearing had threatened the court staff, he told his staff, “You all go back there and get my Hank Aaron baseball bat.”
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