Joseph Paone

April 19, 2007 - 9:40am

Another year, another side of the argument

Angelo Genova is intimidating in cross-examination.

When he asked the nervous clerk from the state Division of Elections Office whether or not she would certify the petitions again were she to review them "sitting here today," she stammered, "No."

Judge Joseph Paone released the tension in the courtroom with a joke.

"Because you don't want to sit here again," he told her with a smile and she smiled back, relieved.

The judge repeatedly interrupted both attorneys during their closing statements, trying to get them to refine their respective arguments - and hitting them where he thought they were stretching the facts.

When Stephen Edelstein said everyone -- "clerks, candidates, voters� -- knew Sandra Cunningham was running as a Democrat in the primary and not the general election, Paone pursued clarity.

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December 8, 2005 - 8:30pm
PRESS RELEASE

Acting Governor Richard Codey

Codey Filed the Following Judicial Nominations

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