Word: violas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Phillip A. DeSimone faces charges of assault and battery and disorderly person in connection with a shoving match that occurred in front of the courthouse after Judge M. Edward Viola had ordered the court cleared...
Sedgwick appealed the conviction, and Cambridge District Court Judge M. Edward Viola set bail...
...Judge Viola ruled as inadmissible evidence a doctor's affidavit stating that Sedgwick's eardrum had been punctured during the fracas that followed his arrest. After several outbursts of laughter, Viola ruled that the affidavit could not be used because the doctor was not present to be cross-examined...
When Judge Viola ordered the courtroom cleared, the Harvard officials present twice started to leave but were told by police officers to remain temporarily in the room. We were then asked to leave by a back door and were escorted to an office where we sat by ourselves for about ten minutes before returning to Harvard. Contrary to what the letter states, no Harvard official or witness conferred in any way with Judge Viola or any court officer about the trial. To do so would, of course, have been extremely improper...
...judge then reappeared and asked the prosecuting attorney, "You don't really need to make a closing argument, do you?" "No," he grinned. Viola then announced Harvard's verdict: conviction on both counts and a maximum sentence...