Friday, August 14, 2015

Married to avoid jail??? ....

 
A young East Texas couple celebrated their wedding day earlier than planned thanks to a criminal court judge.
Last month, Smith County Judge Randall Roberts ordered Josten Bundy to marry his girlfriend Elizabeth Jaynes as part of his probation for his involvement in a few with her ex-boyfriend. Otherwise, Bundy would be sentenced to 15 days in jail.
 
“[The ex-boyfriend] had been saying disrespectful things about Elizabeth, so I challenged him to a fight,” Bundy, 21, told KLTV. 
 
Judge Roberts asked Bundy at the sentencing hearing if Jaynes was “worth it.”
“You do know one of the provisions to stay on my probation is you’re going to have to marry her?” Roberts later asked Bundy.
Afraid he would lose his job if he was in jail, Bundy and Jaynes set a date and got married at a courthouse. With the short amount of time to plan the wedding, some relatives were unable to attend.
 
Blake Bailey, an attorney who practices constitutional law, told KLTV the sentence would likely have been struck down if it was appealed.

Will See if the fights end. Just a thought

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