Imprisonment Would Be of No Assistance to the Accused': Angione, 1974
Author | Constance Backhouse |
Pages | 263-285 |
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“IMPRISONMENT WOULD
BE OF NO ASSISTANCE TO
THEACCUSEDAngione
T in judgeschambers try ing to hammer out a set
tlementfortheaemptedrapecasesetfortrialdownstairsintheWindsor
Courthouse. Ontario Supreme Court judge Edson Livingstone Haines had
called the lawyers into his private chambers to di scuss a plea bargain. Frank
JosephMontellothedefencelawyerwaskeenontheideahisclientwas
probablyfacingtwotothreeyearsofpenitentiarytimeifhewereconvict
ed of the sexual assault he was charged with perpetrating upon his female
employeeRaymondJHoulahantheCrownprosecutorwasabitmorere
luctant because Montello was proposing a very unusual resolution. He was
oeringaguiltypleatothelessseriousoenceofindecentassaultonthe
conditionthathisclientpayrestitutionoftothevictiminsteadof
going to jail. Montello had brought the cash with him, to demonstrate his cli
entssincerityandwascountingouthundreddollarbillsonJudgeHainess
deskHepausedpeeredupatthebigwindowalongsidethejudgesdesk
andqueriedShouldthatfellowbelookingatusHainesandHoulahan
lookedupstartledtoanemptywindowandonlythenrealizedthatMon
tellowaskiddingTheycontinuedtodiscussthepleabargainJudgeHaines
hadareputationasamaverickwholikedtoselecasesItwasSeptem
berandinnovationwasintheair
Montello and Houlahan were no strangers to each other. They had squared
obeforeadierentjudgeearlierinSeptemberinatendaytrialforgangrape
HoulahanhadaccusedMontellothenoftryingtoblackenthecomplainants
reputationMontellowhodescribedHoulahanasaveryfeistyCrownlost
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