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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:36:53 -0400
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From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 cent fine levied by Judge: Manitoba Warrior
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Friday, August 13, 1999
Judge levies 2cent fine
By KATHLEEN MARTENS, COURTS REPORTER Winnipeg Sun
A provincial court judge gave his two cents worth this week when he fined a remand
centre inmate what observers say is the province's lowest fine ever. Judge Robert
Kopstein fined Wallace Hudson two cents Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to two
counts of breach of probation. The order shocked people in the courtroom at the time.
"I was stunned," said a lawyer, who asked not to be named. Defence attorney Greg
Brodsky, who's been practising criminal law since 1959, has never heard of such a
modest penalty. He speculated the judge was sending a message to the Crown. "If you
get a two-cent fine, you have to be careful about what kind of cases you prosecute,"
Brodsky said.
Hudson is in custody on charges he is an alleged member of the Manitoba Warriors
outlaw street gang. But 18 charges of breach of probation were laid after his
girlfriend, whom he's been ordered to stay away from, repeatedly visited him in the
facility. Court was told the facility's staff knew of the non-contact order. Hudson
pleaded out on two counts. Kopstein also waived costs and surcharge usually applied to
fines. A spokeswoman for Manitoba Justice said the Crown's office had no comment at
this time.
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