Another Chapter on Wacky Chicago Judge

Judge Cannon Misfires Again

by David Protess

Leaving her mother in charge of a son with cerebral palsy, Camilla Clifton headed to the Cook County criminal courthouse to support her nephew, on trial in 2009 for an attempted murder she believed he did not commit.

Clifton would not see her family again for three days.

During a lunch break in the trial of Rodrick Doxy, Clifton left Judge Diane Gordon Cannon's courtroom and used her cellphone in a washroom to check on her disabled son, according to court documents. At the time, cell phones were allowed in the courthouse, but Judge Cannon barred them from her courtroom, not wanting photos taken of witnesses or jurors.

Clifton finished the call, but was still holding the cell phone as she entered the hallway outside the washroom. That is when Judge Cannon spotted her...

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