http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LEFT_IN_JAIL?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=USDALLAS (AP) -- A man was jailed for more than a year without ever seeing a lawyer as he waited for a repeatedly postponed court hearing, gaining release only after a cellmate told an attorney about the case.
Walter Mann Sr., 69, was released Dec. 16 after a year and three months - more than twice the time he would have served if he had been convicted in his contempt-of-court case.
Mann's legal troubles began in 2002, when his 13-year-old son assaulted him and was sent to a juvenile detention center. Mann, who was unemployed and on disability benefits, was ordered to pay $50 a month for the boy's housing but never did, according to court records.
Prosecutors sought to have Mann held in contempt of juvenile court, which led to an order that he be brought before a judge.
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