LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has freed a man who was sentenced to six months in jail by a judge who had the man's attorney handcuffed to silence her in a Las Vegas courtroom.
Clark County District Court Judge Rob Bare released Daniel Fernandez on Wednesday, pending a July 13 hearing of Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Conrad Hafen's actions.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Bare noted that Fernandez had no legal representation he was sentenced.
Deputy Public Defender Zohra Bakhtary was handcuffed at the time.
Bakhtary had been arguing against jailing Fernandez on a probation violation.
A court transcript showed she kept talking and that Hafen warned her several times that she faced being held in contempt for interrupting while he tried to rule.