[Rick Lee]

Gogar, these stunts might look funny on tv, but they ain't worth a contempt charge in real life. I can't overstate what a harda$s the judge was I had. The case was a RICO rap on an MS-13 murder, FBI was involved, rocket docket in Alexandria, etc. Half the potential jurors admitted to knowing someone in the FBI. None were dismissed because of it. Courthouse would not let jurors bring in any kind of electronic device. So no Blackberry, no texting, no nothing. Sit there and listen. When the judge called me up to chat privately with me, complete with cancelling noise playing in the speakers to wash out our conversation, I told him I worked in the media and was totally familiar with the case. No matter. I was the last guy they kicked off.