Charles County Circuit Court Judge Robert C. Nalley was removed from the bench effective Sept. 12.
The Sept. 5 decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals came a request from the Maryland Office of the Public Depfender following a report in The Baltimore Examiner Aug. 26, 2014 alleging Nalley told a deputy to use an electronic shock device on defendant Delvon Louis King in the courtroom July 23.
King, 25, was facing three gun charges and acting as his own attorney before Nalley during jury selection.
According to the Baltimore Examiner article, King had already frustrated Circuit Court Judge Amy J. Bragunier during the initial jury selection. She passed the case to Nalley.
Court transcripts indicate that Nalley told King to stop during his argument and the defendant kept talking. Nalley ordered the deputy to use the stun gun on King twice before the deputy complied.
King was back before Bragunier the following day, where he was convicted on all three counts. He will be sentenced later this month.
Before his ill-fated appearance before Nalley, King had at least 25 previous appearances in the judicial system dating back to 2007.
Nalley retired after a 2009 incident when he was found responsible for removing air from the tires of someone who parked in his space at the courthouse in La Plata. He was reinstated as a 7th Judicial Circuit of Maryland encompassing all three Southern Maryland and Prince George’s County in December of last year.
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