The Clown gets to take a break from the bench. The Mississippi Supreme Court suspended Grenada Municipal Court Judge Pro-Tem Carlos Moore for 60 days without pay after he he used his position as a judge to pressure two police officers for a private client.
A shooting took place at Satan's Sidekick Clubhouse in Grenada. The establishment is a motorcycle club. Mr. Moore represented a client involved in the shooting. It is not known if the client was a victim or suspect. Mr. Moore and his client met with a detective, MBI agent, and Grenada County District Attorney Investigator in his office on December 4, 2020. A disagreement over a search warrant for phone records ensued and Mr. Moore kicked the boys in blue out of his office.
"Judge" Moore held court on December 8. He asked the Grenada Police Chief and a Detective at the meeting to appear in his courtroom to discuss the December 4 meeting. When the two officers of the law entered his courtroom, "Judge" Moore stopped the proceedings and brought both officers before the bench. The detective asked if they could discuss the matter in chambers but Carlos the Clown refused as he proceeded to berate the officers in open court about the case involving his client.
Handling personal cases while on the bench is a big no-no. The Commission stated:
Municipal judges are authorized to practice law within limited parameters. However, Respondent's conduct in using his court to request the attendance of law enforcement involved in a case in his private practice, addressing the matter in open court, and publicly chastising and embarrassing the law enforcement officers in the presence of the entire courtroom violated the Code of Judicial Conduct as well as Section 177 A of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, as amended.
17. Respondent has not contested that his actions amounted to judicial misconduct and were prejudicial to the administration of justice which brought the judicial office into disrepute.
While the Respondent has no prior disciplinary history related to utilizing his courtroom for his private practice, In December, 2020, he entered into a Memorandum of Understanding regarding his inappropriate use of his office on social media.
Mr. Moore agreed to a $1,500 fine. The Commission submitted the case to the Mississippi Supreme Court for review.
However, the Court said thank you for your time, Commission, but we are going to take it from here. The Court opined:
¶23. In contemplating an appropriate penalty for Moore’s judicial misconduct, the Court finds it significant that, rather than allowing his anger to subside, the incident at his law office continued to be on Judge Moore’s mind over the next four days and became his first order of business when he convened a session of the Grenada Municipal Court on December 8, 2020. Rather than following the appropriate and prescribed procedure for lodging a complaint, Judge Moore contrived a means of doing so publicly, in a crowded courtroom, that was populated in large part by people who were there because of charges brought against them by the local police. Refusing the request to deal with the matter in the judge’s chambers, by his own admission Judge Moore proceeded to chastise and embarrass the investigating officer publicly, not just anywhere, but in the courtroom in which Grenada police officers with cases on Judge Moore’s docket had assembled for a session of court in which they regularly testified. And the judge made sure that Detective Sergent Brown’s superior officer, the chief, was present...
Judge Moore’s conduct evinces deliberation and corrupt intent. Four days after the encounter at his private law office, he required the presence of the two officers in court and denied their request to move the conversation to the privacy of the judge’s chambers. This indicates Judge Moore’s intention to use his judicial authority to maintain control over the setting in which he publicly chastised and embarrassed the police chief and the detective sergeant. The courtroom is a public asset. Judge Moore’s conduct of halting regular court proceedings to have this encounter was a willful exploitation of his position as judge to further his private interests unrelated to the work of the court. Thus, he used a public facility for a private purpose.
The Court suspended Moore from his position as Municipal Judge in Grenada and Clarksdale. Carlos the Clown must pay a $1,500 fine. The reprimand must be read in Circuit Court in Coahoma and Grenada counties with Moore present.
.Kingfish note: The sanctions continue to pile up against the Clown:
* The Mississippi Workers Comp Commission sanctioned him for $500 in 2017 for throwing a tantrum at a hearing. Earlier post.
* The Mississippi Court of Appeals ordered Carlos Moore to pay sanctions of $27,467 after he failed to appear in court for a trial because he had a "speaking engagement" in Texas. Earlier post.
* Mississippi Bar reprimanded him in 2020 for ignoring an assignment of a Client's funds and providing the funds to the client. Earlier post.
* Federal judge in North Mississippi sanctioned Moore for $3,000 in 2017 for fabricating statements, memos, and not responding to discovery.
* U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves sanctioned Moore $500 in the Belhaven case after he found Moore's client destroyed evidence in 2017. Earlier post.
* The Tennessee Bar censured the Grenada attorney in 2019 after he placed a lien on a client because she rejected a settlement offer he recommended. Earlier post.
* The estate of Kendrick Murry sued him (pro se) in September 2020 in Forrest County Circuit Court for alleged legal malpractice of a case. Earlier post. However, the lawsuit has not been prosecuted since the initial filing of the complaint. Mr. Moore has not been served with the lawsuit.
Then there is the recent case in Oxford. The Clown got caught fabricating statements in a wrongful death lawsuit.
45 comments:
There are no innocent victims in Satan's Sidekick Clubhouse!
60 days for this is egregious. He should be disbarred.
What do you have to do to actually get disbarred in MS? Steal a judge's whiskey at an Ole Miss game?
"pay after he he used"
Michael Jackson?
A reputation for incompetence or even corruption has little bearing on the practice Carlos is building. It is far more important that his face and name become associated with a certain kind of case. If he is not disbarred he will keep angling for that big media opportunity and the national coverage. There's big money to be made. If only he can keep from getting disbarred...
Just another exhibit in the case of the 2 tiered justice system. Anyone of those by itself gets any other lawyer disbarred
About damn time.
this is oppression-
When are "they" going to wake up and permanently disbar this clown for good? Sick and tired of hearing about his ignorance and the constant games he plays.
The Mississippi Supreme Court handed out a Suspension? that's like saying Bailiff, smack his pee pee.
That's a joke and complete waste of time. When he returns to the bench he will somehow, someway find those cops in Contempt of Court. He needs to be Disbarred.
Causes of disbarment may include: a felony involving moral turpitude, forgery, fraud, a history of dishonesty, consistent lack of attention to clients, alcoholism or drug abuse which affect the attorney's ability to practice, theft of funds, or any pattern of violation of the professional code of ethics. He fits in all of the categories listed above.
Why hasn't he been disbarred? How crooked is the state bar association?
Justice in Mississippi is spelled "just-us." If a shark can't get disbarred for this conduct, disbarment doesn't exist.
2:33 that was my question also. It's not like he doesn't have a lengthy law "rap" sheet. The problem is, the longer he's out there flailing about unrestrained, it's just a matter of time until he does someone else some real legal harm. Certainly the MS Bar and Supreme Court must be aware of that.
I suspect there's an acknowledgement of why it's "hands off" so far.
How on earth is he not disbarred?
Yet another example of the “Paper Tiger” stance of the Mississippi Bar. They will do nothing but pontificate. Any of these violations warrant at least a year suspension from practice, if not disbarment. This is why I have nothing to do with the Mississippi Bar other than the forced payment required to practice in the State of Mississippi.
OK, let me say it.
The Mississippi Bar is scared to death of being accused of racism.
Now, I feel much better. Right. Right.
Some individuals struggle through Law School and are proud to obtain their law degree. Then you have this self-centered idiot making a mockery of the judicial system.
What will it take to get him disbarred?!?!
According to the Rules of practice, as long as a he's a sitting judge, he can't be disbarred. Congrats to him for finding the loophole.
4:30 Bullseye! The good thing is: when everyone's a racist, no one's a racist...and thankfully, we're about at that point.
Kid. Gloves.
Reverse the roles and it jail time. Right, Dickie?
The MS bar is an absolute joke. It would be funny if it was not so pathetic.
If you have a complaint against a bad attorney, you file a one page complaint with the Mississippi Bar. You don't get to attend any hearing or are able to voice your opinion or answer questions. The fkd up MS Bar will send you a letter as to their decision which may read something like " An attorney cannot be disciplined unless there is clear and convincing evidence of a violation of the MS Rules of professional conduct. In this matter the Committee did not find clear and convincing evidence of a violation of these rules'. Signed Ronald G Taylor Chairman. Furthermore they indicated it was dismissed and cannot be appealed. It is all bullshit by the MS Bar. I'll have my case made in court when I get back in front of a judge. This is what happens when the attorneys last name rhymes with "Harbor".
The MS Bar needs a cleanout.
A lawyer, to further his own cause, used the BENCH to pressure law enforcement.
It does not get much more egregious than this. Outside of committing an outright crime, this is really, really bad.
Carlos Moore got a vacation from the bench for 60 days, has to pay $1500, and will continue to practice law. He will ride around Grenada in his Bentley, parade around as a national leader of a national bar association, and go to the Caribbean with his new girlfriend. Tough punishment.
Some chump somewhere will comingle trust fund money, and the Bar will disbar him or her. The Bar only goes after low hanging, non-controversial fruit.
New leadership. Clean the place out. Partying in Destin should be the last function of the Bar, not the only function.
What the h@@@ MS BAR ??
You idiots are reading this stuff.
Do your job! Please
60 day suspension! The Mississippi Bar and the judiciary are a joke. Justice in the Grenada Municipal Court is a joke and the councilmen who appointed him are a joke. The voters who put the councilmen in office are a joke. The only bright side is that those voters condemn themselves to live in a joke of a society. The children of those voters shoot each other like they are in a B Western movie. Doesn't seem to bother them one bit.
2;44 you are exactly right as he is simply building up his reputation and he damn well knows the bar will not touch him for the exact reason stated by 4:30! Carlos may be a clown but he sure as hell knows how to play the media and the system to his advantage!
It is really ironic that a person can go to an unrated law school (or barely rated law “school” like OLE MISS” and actually practice law like this Carlos character. In Mississippi’s credit, the state did manage to eliminate the Scruggs lawyers.
Sweet III lied to a judge, manipulated a jury, had the win overturned by the Supreme Court for such, and goes on practicing as if he’s F Lee Bailey. That was well over a year ago.
Grenada County is a place where the law simply isn’t followed in almost any of their courts. It is the epitome of a good old boys network.
Lawyers without Mississippi licenses run dumb ads here non-stop and the bar does nothing but watch.
@7:16 what you described is not ironic.
King - whatever happened to your video you posted a while back about The Clown and the lady he represented against Belhaven College for sex harrassment?
The Clown was fined $500 by the court for allowing the lady to modify her cell phone that Belhaven attorney requested to peruse. As I remember, the lady had to pay $100 for sending sex photos and then filing a lawsuit.
It really does take a lot to get disbarred, as we see in Jackson’s own J. Gidd.(aka Grandpaw) case. The theatrics during those court cases are incredible.
It’s funny just how jealous all y’all be 😂
It’s creepy how jealous the fish be 🫣
Dude you is obsessed 😱
Don't forget about FB post of the troubled young man that hung himself in a tree, then Carlos begged to be hired on totally baseless claims? Anyway, ima say the Feds will catch up to him eventually. I've been around enough folks charged crimes over the years....you start to notice similarities in certain cases...
@7:01 It's amazing how we have a system that turns it head from abuse of the system. Dude you be clueless.
The feds need to be looking into NMS judicial fraud and corruption! Zero in on Benton County as a starting point.
I've been in practice for 20 years. Two attorneys that continuously get away with foolishness are Abby Robinson and Carlos. Frankly, I've never seen attorneys that consistently thumb their noses at the judiciary and the law more than these two. If I committed a slight fraction of what these two get away with, I would expect to lose my license. That the bar barely slaps their hands is concerning to say the least.
7:01 said:
It’s funny just how jealous all y’all be 😂
It’s creepy how jealous the fish be 🫣
Dude you is obsessed 😱
No, 7:10, no one is jealous of Carlos. They're appalled by his repeated unethical actions. Not one but two judges have found him guilty of fabricating statements and supposed evidence, i.e. lying. A client of his had a trial set, and Carlos forgot all about it and his client and instead went to Texas to speak at a conference. What attorney forgets about a trial, particularly a medical malpractice trial ? I feel sorry for his client. This list of his bad, unethical behavior goes on and on. And now he uses his position as a Municipal Court judge to try to influence another case of his. No, nobody is jealous of Carlos. They just don't approve of his constant unprofessional and unethical behavior, like you apparently do.
The bar shudders from publicity which might arise from disciplinary actions taken against offenders of a protected class.
What "protected class" are you talking about? Ole Miss Lawyers? If you check the past disciplinary actions of the MS Bar all demographics are well represented. Maybe Carlos is in a class by himself.
You would think two cities in Mississippi without a judge to see criminal cases because the judge was suspended would be big news but nothing but crickets from the media.
Is this a racist blogger? Just wondering because I see a lot of bashing?
3:43 Are you mentally deficient? Do you defend incompetence depending upon race?
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