NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The State Supreme Court has denied to hear the case involving former judge Joe Brown.
According to documents obtained by WREG, the decision came down Aug. 14.
The court’s refusal to hear the case upholds the lower court’s decision to uphold Brown’s jail sentence for contempt of court.
Brown originally got himself in trouble when he reportedly lost control during a March Juvenile Court hearing.
Juvenile Court Magistrate Harold Horne denied Brown’s request for that case to be dismissed, and that’s when Brown allegedly became verbally abusive.
A recording of the proceedings caught Brown saying in part, “On what authority do you sit by the way? As a former judge here, we have a rule in the 30th judicial district that says every single magistrate, referee has to be unanimously approved by every circuit, chancery, and criminal court judge. I don’t recall that your name’s ever been submitted sir!”
Horne warned Brown to calm down, but he did not.
Brown was given 24 hours in jail for contempt of court, but that increased to five days when he continued to yell as he was being removed from the courtroom saying, “This is a circus, sir. That’s three days. You can do all you want! Four days. You don’t have the jurisdiction. Five days.”
In his appeal, Brown claimed the audio from the court was manipulated.
