By C1 Staff
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida judge is accused of punching a veteran public defender after a heated moment in the court room.
According to WFTV, Judge John Murphy told public defender Andrew Weinstock to “stop pissing [him] off” while allegedly pressuring Weinstock to get his client to waive his right to a speedy trial.
“You know I’m the public defender,” Weinstock replies in the video. “I have a right to be here and I have a right to stand and represent my client.”
The judge then asks Weinstock to go out of the courtroom, where there were no cameras; yelling accompanied by loud thuds can then be heard in the video.
Court deputies broke up an alleged physical fight in the hallway.