CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — An lawyer who had a stroke and couldn’t make it to court docket is talking solely to Channel 2 Action News concerning the tongue-lashing he obtained from the choose.

Matt Tucker is representing Hannah Payne, who’s accused of taking pictures and killing 62-year-old Kenneth Herring whereas she was making an attempt to make a residents arrest after Herring was concerned in a hit-and-run accident in 2019.

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Jury choice in Payne’s homicide trial was supposed to start out Monday, however Tucker couldn’t make it to court docket because of the medical emergency. There is not any phrase when the trial would possibly go ahead.

Channel 2′s Tom Jones spoke to Tucker, who continues to be recovering within the hospital. Tucker is upset as a result of he says Judge Shana Rooks Malone lit into him on nationwide tv, saying she was going to carry him in contempt of court docket due to his “behavior.”

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“You need to seriously seek new counsel,” Malone informed Payne. “He’s doing you a disservice because you’ve been here. We’re ready to start a trial today.”

Tucker mentioned he was shocked.

“I was astonished. I couldn’t believe it,” Tucker mentioned. “She kind of made me look real bad on TV.”

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Payne informed Malone that Tucker had suffered a stroke Saturday and that he was within the hospital. The choose mentioned that Tucker by no means contacted her workplace.

Tucker mentioned his workplace emailed the court docket to let the employees know he had a medical emergency. He simply doesn’t perceive why the choose refused to simply accept what Payne informed her.

“I’ve never lied to the court,” Tucker mentioned. “I’m an officer of the court. It is not a disservice. We’ve been waiting on this trail for three years.”

Tucker mentioned he and Payne at the moment are involved that she might not get a good trial. Tucker mentioned he might file a movement to take away Malone from the case.

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