“Don’t you dare just lean on my podium, and pretend like that. Not here, OK,” he intoned. The judge then scolded Whitsett for “banging your manuals on that podium.” Next, he moved the ...

Jermaine Whitsett, 43, was cleared of an attempted murder charge when he was acquitted at a trial last month. Jurors, however, convicted him of battery by means of a deadly weapon and criminal ...