Johnny S. Clarke & Lisa Straub- young Ohio couple murdered

[imsuchawildflower]

Everytime that I see that second picture of her I think that she looks like she has a mouthfull of sperm and is getting ready to swallow.

Omg...I can't stop laughing...hahahaha! Perfect observation.

[HairOfTheDog]

Her attorney is one of the slickest and most pricey attorneys in Lucas County.
How does a welfare mama afford HIM ???

It's possible that Jerome Phillips is representing Maytee pro-bono.


^ Jerome Phillips. I remembered his name from a few years back as he'd come up in media reports weighing on the case against Samuel Williams.

Phillips said this just after Williams' sentencing:
Defense Attorney Jerome Phillips said he is not surprised the jury could not come to an agreement because this is one of the first cases he has seen where the prosecution has asked for the death penalty without having overwhelming evidence that the defendant is guilty. Ref: http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/19244...out-parole

Interesting to me that he now represents the mother of the man Williams was convicted of killing.

[casual observer]

Pro - Bone ???
Hahahaha.
Jerry is tall clover. I highly doubt if he takes a case with this kook for free.

[casual observer]

Jerry does NOT get boned by clients. He has been around these type for at least 40 years.
Last I heard, he wants $5,000 up front as a retainer for a felony case...

[HairOfTheDog]

Sometimes high profile attorneys who make a fortune take on pro-bono cases, for a variety of reasons.

If Jerome Phillips is charging Maytee his usual fees, I don't know how the Clarkes are able to afford him, which was your original question.

Phillips is polished and savvy; he knows the Clarkes don't have (visible) means.

ETA: Jerome Phillips is also a Trustee for the Toledo Bar Association Foundation which works to defray the administrative expenses of providing pro-bono legal services to indigent persons.

[ZEROSPHERES]

That's what you all want to see, isn't it ?

You bet!

Now that she has gone through the Mommy Dearest, Charo, and Tracy Turnblad incarnations. I wonder what she she will look like in her next judicial cameo.

[ramseycat]

What's with the eyebrows?

[casual observer]

Sometimes people on drugs pluck their eyebrows entirely, and then they spend the rest of their life penciling them in.

[Duchess]

Her standards are bizarre to me. Maybe mine would be to her. Or maybe I'm just a snob. Drawing eyebrows, that gaudy display in the cemetery, the way she communicates even, the public spectacles. It all makes me cringe. I'd be horrified if that were my mom. *shudders*

[ZEROSPHERES]

I'm told Maytee is out but I can't find any booking photos to back that up. She would have been booked, right?

Her lawyer was successful in having it done in the hospital at her request.

[casual observer]

hahaha. That is funny, Zero.
But people that know, know she could not have been booked anywhere except LCCC for that to be true.

[Older Than Dirt]

Why would she be booked again ?

[casual observer]

New charge, dude.

[Older Than Dirt]

I check the booking reports every day just after midnight . Nothing yet. And, I'm NOT a dude !

[casual observer]

sorry, ma-am. The Booking Summary is refreshed every three hours or so, depending how busy Booking is. I worked at both the jail and Common Pleas Court for a total of seven years before I got out of there. Too many liars and kooks like Maytee. and that includes staff, also.

[Duchess]

I'd rather be called a dude than ma'am...just for future reference.

[Adub]

I check the booking reports every day just after midnight . Nothing yet.

I'm not sure why this says she was booked on the 20^th with no bond? Do they mean booked in a way other than the defendant was taken into custody?

2/20/2015 10 Title : OPN:ORIG INDICT BOOKED
FEL. ASSAULT WITH FIREARM SPEC.
PARTY : D1 - CLARKE MAYTEE

2/20/2015 11 Title : BND:NO BOND SET (CLERKS)
PARTY : D1 - CLARKE MAYTEE

[HairOfTheDog]

From reading the various court records, I think maybe LE arrested Maytee and stopped the booking process short of incarcerating her.

Instead, the booking supervisor had Maytee transported to the hospital; either because she was acting batshit or because she was wailing about some kind of extreme physical pain. Maytee already had an Own Recognizance bond in place stemming from the Obstruction charge and authorities knew where she was going and that she wouldn't flee. So, the court just continued the existing OR bond until her preliminary hearing for the new felony charge.

That's just speculation. @casual observer might have better insight having worked at the court.

[Adub]

From reading the various court records, I think maybe LE arrested Maytee and stopped the booking process short of incarcerating her.

Instead, the booking supervisor had Maytee transported to the hospital; either because she was acting batshit or because she was wailing about some kind of extreme physical pain. Maytee already had an Own Recognizance bond in place stemming from the Obstruction charge and authorities knew where she was going and that she wouldn't flee. So, the court just continued the existing OR bond until her preliminary hearing for the new felony charge.

That's just speculation. @casual observer might have better insight having worked at the court.

Was anyone checking the booking site on the 20^th? The court date was the 25^th when she was a no show. The summons is showing the 25^th as delivered to the defendant. So I am confused. Anyways the next court date for arraignment is the 9^th of March?

[HairOfTheDog]

Maytee's postponed hearing is now scheduled for March 11^th.

What's interesting to me is that Big John's future pre-trial hearings have been deferred until September, on his request.