The Florida public defender involved in a courthouse brawl with a pugnacious judge has resigned his post in protest of the judge's return to the bench.

Law Blog reported last month about a fight that erupted outside a Brevard County courtroom between Judge John C. Murphy and assistant public defender Andrew J. Weinstock. The moments leading up to the altercation were caught on video in which the judge could be heard threatening to beat up Mr. Weinstock after the lawyer refused to waive his client’s right to a speedy trial.

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