A judge had a heated exchange with a prosecutor in a Seminole County courtroom over the dismissal of a guilty verdict in a DUI case. Now the judge is moving off the criminal court division. The incident happened on March 11. The defendant, Licette Gonzalez, was arrested in January for driving on a suspended license, two months after her November DUI arrest Seminole County Judge Fred Schott became angry when said he realized the license should have never been suspended in the first place. The Sanford police officer that arrested Gonzales never administered a breath or blood alcohol test on her, but the officer had checked marked that she was over the legal limit of point zero eight on her DUI citation. Officer Michael Wagner testified at Gonzalez’s trial that he made a mistake. But the judge didn’t see it that way. In the heated exchange between Judge Schott and Assistant State Attorney Diana Miers, Judge Schott at one point asked Miers to charge Officer Wagner with perjury. “He admitted it was a mistake your honor,” said Miers. “But he lied, he lied on a sworn citation,” said Schott. “Absolutely not your honor, and that is, that is not true,” said Miers. “I am dismissing -- I am dismissing this charge!” said Schott.

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