(AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has suspended a Lincoln
County judge accused of delaying the assignment of public defenders in probation
cases.
The court on Tuesday suspended Judge Christina Kunza Mennemeyer without pay
for six months starting Feb. 1.
The action comes in response to a 2014 complaint filed by the director of the
Missouri State Public Defender System, who said Mennemeyer deliberately waited
to assign public defenders until after the deadline for requesting a new trial
judge for a case had passed. Court documents say Mennemeyer also threatened to
file complaints against attorneys who tried to represent defendants before she
assigned them to the case.
Mennemeyer and her lawyer did not immediately respond to calls for comment
Tuesday.
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