05-20-2011, 12:36 PM
here's the whackjob Kitty posted about...a total mess. but famous cases attract all kinds. she was at court because her "fiance" is in jail and had a hearing. i'd love to get a look at him. 
it was funny, but shows that someone could have come in there and attacked the defendant. casey is hated in florida.
News 13
While the judge was interviewing a potential alternate juror, a woman sitting in the gallery shouted, "She killed somebody anyway!"
The woman, who later identified herself as Elizabeth Ann Rogers, was taken out of the courtroom by a Pinellas County deputy, and Judge Perry had no choice but to ask the juror being questioned to step out of the courtroom.
After a brief recess, the judge called Rogers back into the courtroom. In tears, she explained and repeatedly apologized for her actions, saying she was at the courthouse for another reason, but she wanted to see this case for herself.
Rogers, 29, identified herself as mentally challenged and listed numerous disorders, including bipolar disorder, manic depression, multiple personality disorder and ADHD. She then said she needed to take her medication.
"Please don't punish me," she begged Judge Perry. "I may have made a mistake, but I'm not a bad person."
The judge held her in contempt of court, and sentenced Rogers to two days in the Pinellas County Jail, but told her she would have been sentenced to 179 days if it was not for her disability.
note, i think she exaggerated her mental disability, and also has a criminal history. if Judge Perry had known that, he may have been sentenced her to more.
Records show Rogers, also known as Elizabeth Reid, has a history of run-ins with the law in Pinellas and Citrus counties. In the past decade, she has been arrested on charges of possession of paraphernalia, cocaine possession, battery, giving a false name to law enforcement and DUI.
She is currently on probation, after a 2009 conviction on charges of passing worthless checks. She was sentenced to three years of probation in that case, stemming from a 2009 arrest.
it was funny, but shows that someone could have come in there and attacked the defendant. casey is hated in florida.
News 13
While the judge was interviewing a potential alternate juror, a woman sitting in the gallery shouted, "She killed somebody anyway!"
The woman, who later identified herself as Elizabeth Ann Rogers, was taken out of the courtroom by a Pinellas County deputy, and Judge Perry had no choice but to ask the juror being questioned to step out of the courtroom.
After a brief recess, the judge called Rogers back into the courtroom. In tears, she explained and repeatedly apologized for her actions, saying she was at the courthouse for another reason, but she wanted to see this case for herself.
Rogers, 29, identified herself as mentally challenged and listed numerous disorders, including bipolar disorder, manic depression, multiple personality disorder and ADHD. She then said she needed to take her medication.
"Please don't punish me," she begged Judge Perry. "I may have made a mistake, but I'm not a bad person."
The judge held her in contempt of court, and sentenced Rogers to two days in the Pinellas County Jail, but told her she would have been sentenced to 179 days if it was not for her disability.
note, i think she exaggerated her mental disability, and also has a criminal history. if Judge Perry had known that, he may have been sentenced her to more.
Records show Rogers, also known as Elizabeth Reid, has a history of run-ins with the law in Pinellas and Citrus counties. In the past decade, she has been arrested on charges of possession of paraphernalia, cocaine possession, battery, giving a false name to law enforcement and DUI.
She is currently on probation, after a 2009 conviction on charges of passing worthless checks. She was sentenced to three years of probation in that case, stemming from a 2009 arrest.