"The Robing Room: TX State Judges

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General Rating Criteria

* Temperament		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Scholarship		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Industriousness		(1=Not at all industrious,10=Highly industrious)
* Ability to Handle Complex Litigation		(1=Awful,10=Excellent)
* Punctuality		(1=Chronically Late,10=Always on Time)
* General Ability to Handle Pre-Trial Matters		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
* General Ability as a Trial Judge		(1=Not all Able, 10=Extremely Able)
Flexibility In Scheduling		(1=Completely Inflexible,10=Very Flexible)

Criminal Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Criminal Litigation		(1=Demonstrates Bias,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
General Inclination Regarding Bail		(1=Pro-Defense,10=Pro-Government)
Involvement in Plea Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved, 10=Very Involved)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Pretrial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Trial Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)
General Inclination in Criminal Cases Sentencing Stage		(1=Pro-prosecution,10=Pro-defense)

Civil Rating Criteria (if applicable)

* Evenhandedness in Civil Litigation		(1=Not at all Evenhanded,10=Entirely Evenhanded)
Involvement in Settlement Discussions		(1=Not at all Involved,10=Very Involved)
General Inclination		(1=Pro-defendant, 10=Pro-plaintiff)

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What others have said about Hon. Bonnie J Helms

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Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: TX9927
Rating:1.0

Comments:
Bonnie is a nasty person and an even nastier judge.

[Redacted by Ed.]

Bonnie smiles for your vote, and after the election, her nasty, disgraceful nature rears it's ugly head.

She favors/kisses the butts of attorneys in her courtroom that she is friends with, to the point that she rules in their favor without supporting evidence.

[Redacted by Ed.]

One person in the courtroom even asked me if I was an attorney and commented how well I was doing up against a judge that now practices law in Key West after being "run out of the courthouse" for lying to the police and then pleading guilty to that crime, and this was while he was the chief judge in Key West. He has no shame as he still practices in Key West, and I've seen people roll their eyes when he walks in the courthouse/courtroom. He must live by the saying on the t-shirts in Key West: "Once you've ruined your reputation, you can live quite freely".

I was on the stand being questioned by the hit-and-run-judge (Google the judicial report online), and he being a disgraceful officer of the court, cutoff my answers, to which I voiced an objection to Bonnie multiple times, and nasty Bonnie sat mute and never addressed my objections either way, because she was too busy kissing his derriere, whose wife was a current sitting judge, and they both were in the Women's Club of Key West. Bonnie is the epitome of the incestuous nature of a small town, and its purported favoritism and corruption.

Also, word on the street is that Bonnie only won election due to the two qualified candidates splitting the vote, [Redacted by Ed.]
Bonnie should not have the power to rule on anyone's cases or lives in an injunction hearing! Like the other post says: " She is a bad person".

With judges like Bonnie, Key West doesn't need any criminals... oh wait, she rules in favor of the attorney who plead guilty of the crime of lying to the police, with sentencing withheld if he was a good boy.

Bonnie should not be an attorney, a judge, and especially not a chief judge. She lacks the ethical character to be any of the preceding.

The sooner Bonnie retires or gets recalled, the better Key West is! With judges like Bonnie, key West doesn't need any criminals.

Bonnie is the exact reason that Florida needs to implement a recall process for judges. Bonnie, take your shit-eating grin and go away...

Other

Comment #: TX8468
Rating:1.0

Comments:
She is a Bad person who should not be a judge.

Other

Comment #: TX8467
Rating:Not Rated
Comments:
When a judge refuses the right of a witness to take the stand because she knows that the witness may confess something that would change the outcome of the trial, then that person should not have the privilege of being a judge, and she should not be allowed in a courtroom where truth prevails.

Civil Litigation - Private

Comment #: TX7702
Rating:2.6

Comments:
Why is no one speaking up about the obvious gender bias of this judge? Everyone knows men in her courtroom hardly stand a chance. I have heard of several cases when she put children in dangerous situations to favor the mothers.