Judge suspended, loses pay for 30 days
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan judge has been suspended for 30 days without pay for sending a lawyer to jail for contempt of court.
The Michigan Supreme Court says Kenneth Post’s punishment will begin in three weeks. He’s been a District Court judge in Hudsonville in Ottawa County since 1980.
Post got in hot water for sending Scott Millard to jail in 2011 after the attorney advised a client not to answer questions in court about possible drug use. Millard was objecting on self-incrimination grounds.
Post found him in contempt. Deputies handcuffed Millard and took him to jail. Another judge released him that same day.
The Supreme Court says Post’s conduct was “irresponsible” and tarnished the integrity of the judiciary. The judge’s attorney had no immediate comment Wednesday.
Convicted killer could go free after 36 years
PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — The attorney general’s office is trying to stop a southwestern Michigan judge from holding a hearing that could lead to the release of a convicted killer.
Leo Terlisner has been in prison for 36 years for the fatal robbery of a business owner in Covert in Van Buren County. But Judge Paul Hamre ruled in March that Terlisner was convicted under a felony murder doctrine that was abolished by the state Supreme Court in 1980.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that Terlisner could go free when he returns to court Monday. The attorney general’s office wants the Michigan appeals court to step in and halt the process.
Terlisner’s attorney, Laura Kathleen Sutton, says it’s a tough issue. She says she’s raised it in other cases but never won.
Chaldean American Bar Association to host 20th anniversary dinner
The Chaldean American Bar Association will host its 4th Annual Anniversary Celebration and Scholarship Dinner celebrating 20 years on Thursday, June 6 at Shenandoah Country Club from 6-9 p.m.
Michigan Supreme Court Justice David Viviano will be the keynote speaker.
CABA will recognize Salman T. Sesi, Esq. of Sesi & Sesi, P.C. and Klint Kesto, State Representative of the 39th District.
Sesi was a pioneer as one of the area’s first Chaldean attorneys.
“It does not seem so long ago that I started out as the only Chaldean attorney and now see our numbers have grown tremendously,” said Sesi.
The event will celebrate the past as well as future success of the Chaldean community. Kesto’s success within public office has furthered the public good and the Chaldean people as a whole.
CABA will show the progression of Chaldean attorneys over the last 20 years (and more) has gone full circle.
“We are honored to have Justice David Vivano give the keynote address, and honor the achievements of Salman Sesi and Klint Kesto, as well as the Chaldean attorneys altogether the past 20 years,” said CABA President Paul Jonna.
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