The judicial short straw has been drawn.  The unlucky “winner” assigned to preside over North Miami Beach EX-mayor Myron Rosner’s CRIMINAL trial is Judge Martin J. Bidwell of the Criminal Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.

If you’ve never heard of Judge Bidwell, that’s understandable.  For the uninitiated, the 17th Judicial Circuit is in Broward County, not Miami-Dade.  Even the Clerk who prepared the current docket obviously hasn’t heard of him, either, or he would have spelled the Judge’s name correctly.

It’s quite apparent that no Judge in Miami-Dade County will touch this case, so it goes to a Judge in Broward.  In fact, the investigators who were on this case had to appeal to the Broward County State Attorney to even obtain an arrest warrant for Myron as no Miami-Dade County Judge would even sign one.

How freaking crazy is that?

As we all know, Myron Rosner, CRIMINAL defendant, is married to MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SARAH ZABEL.  The case had to be tried by a Broward Judge probably due to some kind of unspoken reciprocal judicial courtesy extended to family members of CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES who get arrested for FELONIES.

Regular, ordinary dirt bag criminals without such convenient familial connections don’t have that luxury.

Most of them can’t hire Ben Kuehne, either, so they’re SOL no matter what.

In any event, despite Myron’s initial attempt at a plea deal, it appears that his CRIMINAL lawyer Ben Kuehne will continue to earn his fee by representing the most despised man in North Miami Beach in his defense against four FELONY and five misdemeanor charges.

Since my last report, the activity in the trial included a status conference, with a notice of telephonic hearing, originally set for March 11, 2014.  This did not happen, of course.  You didn’t actually think it would, did you?

On Valentine’s Day, in lieu of flowers the prosecution filed a State’s Demand for Defense Discovery and a Demand for Alibi.

Note to Prosecutors:  Myron has no alibi.  He was born that way.

On March 10, 2014, a Motion to Personally Attend Depositions was filed.  I’m guessing (and I’m probably right) that this was filed by Big Ben on behalf of his client for the express purpose of indulgng Myron’s sick need to intimidate witnesses by shooting death stares across the table at the poor suckers who dare testify against him.

Because he’s just that kinda guy.

The good news is that there is a hearing scheduled for April 1, 2014.

The bad news is that you know it’s not gonna happen.

Seriously, don’t hold your breath.

To be continued…

Stephanie Kienzle
“Spreading the Wealth”