Judge summons Ogumoro and two others to appear in court
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman summoned yesterday the lawyers of former Department of Public Safety deputy commissioner Ambrosio T. Ogumoro and his two co-defendants in order to set a trial date for their criminal case.
Wiseman ordered Ogumoro, former Commonwealth Ports Authority police chief Jordan Kosam, and former CPA police captain John T. Rebuenog, through their counsels, to attend the trial setting conference on Sept. 30 at 1:30pm.
Wiseman cited the CNMI Supreme Court’s order on Tuesday that lifted a November order staying or suspending the trial until Ogumoro’s petition for writ of mandamus or prohibition is resolved.
Last Sept. 11, the CNMI Supreme Court found that Ogumoro’s petition for writ of mandamus or prohibition did not demonstrate that an extraordinary remedy is warranted.
With the high court’s ruling, Wiseman said he finds that the stay imposed on Nov. 17 is no longer in effect.
Ogumoro’s petition sought to prevent Wiseman from presiding over his criminal case for his alleged role in shielding then-attorney general Edward Buckingham from being served with penal summons in 2012.
Ogumoro is facing 15 counts of criminal charges.
Why go to trial as if convicted these guys will walk away with a slap on
the hand. I don’t know which Judge is the lesser of the evils, Wiseman
or Govendo.
As in Fital’s, the ring leader and total authority (mob
boss) case. Also in Buckingham case. (Buckingham also only following
orders)
It is very unfortunate that these case(s) cannot be tried
in Judge Camacho’s court as most likely “real justice” would be met out
on a conviction(s).
I am curious as to why the defendant(s) are so
scared of Wiseman as in the attempts to get the trial to another court.
Oh well!! We shall see, this may well prove to be an interesting trial,
especially on what may come out.