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RANDALL MILLER SHOULD TAKE IT…
Posted on February 8th, 2010 15 commentsCOURTROOM BEHAVIOR 101
Assistant District Attorney Randall Miller is a bit of a mystery. He has worked both the prosecution and the defense side of the legal aisle. First he worked as an Assistant District Attorney for Berks County and then in the late 1990’s he worked for the Lancaster County DA’s office. He left for private practice and returned to the Lancaster DA’s office within the last year.
To many in the legal field, this is a sure sign that he was not doing well in private practice where a good attorney can easily earn $200,000 and up a year. To return as an Assistant District Attorney at a much lower salary level speaks volumes. On top of that, Karen Mansfield of the DA’s office was the lead prosecutor in the Joy O’Shea Woomer case up until this past November, when Miller replaced her as the lead.
There is speculation that DA Craig Stedman lost confidence in Mansfield after the not guilty verdict in the trial of Owen Johnson for killing his baby daughter last January. The District Attorney’s Office wanted the death penalty for Owen and instead he walked out a free man.
Did Stedman get a better prosecutor in Miller? No, he was not good at all in the Woomer trial. In fact, I ran a headline on this site, “School Boy Behavior” about him after my first day attending the trial. So how did he get a third degree murder conviction? That remains a mystery and I will come to his closing argument tomorrow.
When I first ran a small note about Miller repeatedly pulling up his pants in court, several commenters to this site cried “foul!” No, it’s not. When he is speaking in the courtroom all eyes are on him – and the constant, dramatic pulling up of the pants, application of Chap Stick and eye tics were over the top. I did ask a woman who was a member of the general public and attended some of the trial during the prosecution’s presentation about the eye tic. She said it had not been so noticeable then. So maybe the repeated tic in his right eye was a sign of nervousness or lying – or maybe both.
Very simply, maybe he can’t control the eye tic but someone should speak to him about the Chap Stick, the pulling up of his pants, his slamming his face down on the podium and the overall signs of nervousness he repeated over and over again. It does not serve the DA’s office well and should be Courtroom Behavior 101.
But that is not why I ran the “School Boy Behavior” headline. It was his cross examinations of Dr. Michael Baden and Joy O’Shea Woomer that earned him that well deserved headline.
Please check back tomorrow…
15 responses to “RANDALL MILLER SHOULD TAKE IT…”
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abbylynn February 8th, 2010 at 17:48
Like I said before, he was a nasty a$$whole to that poor Sunday school Teacher. Damn I felt bad for her and she did nothing to be treated like that.
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Concerned February 8th, 2010 at 18:51
What type of law did he practice in the private sector?
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Concerned, I’m looking into that. Believe it or not, in Berks County as a defense attorney he represented a defendent the prosecution wanted the death penalty for. I’m not sure how it all came out. I will do more research. And Abby is correct, I almost forgot about him going after the Sunday school teacher. Will check my notes and report it.
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Concerned February 8th, 2010 at 19:33
One of the reasons I ask is because some lawyers start as a prosecutor right out of law school. Once they get a solid foot in the door of the legal system they will go into private practice. Few are unsuccessful in some form or another. The ones that return to the prosecution end of things, in my opinion, seem to completely lose interest in the private sector or they are asked to return. In the case of ADA Miller, one year in the private sector doesn’t seem like enough time to become acclimated. I think he was asked to return to the DA’s Office, perhaps by Stedman. The DA’s Office is fairly young and inexperienced from what I’ve heard. Maybe his experience is what they were looking for and offered him a bigger pay check. Just my two pennies.
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Concerned, Miller spent about 10 years in the private sector. He left the Lancaster DA’s office in the late 90’s and didn’t return until less than a year ago.
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his specialty was taking on “disability” cases in the private sector.
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daisy lee myers February 8th, 2010 at 21:26
ROY BLACK
web link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Black_(attorney)
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Yosemite Sam February 8th, 2010 at 21:50
The case was Alfredo Alicia. Miller and a guy named Kirwin represented him. Found guilty of 1st degree murder. Jury deadlocked on the death penalty. Got 60 to 100 years.
Ten years in private practice and still an associate attorney? Yeah, if you can’t make partner after all that time, going back to the government trough is about your only option.
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Little Obit February 9th, 2010 at 00:10
From the descriptions here, it sounds to me that perhaps ADA Miller has some sort of Tourette’s Syndrome. Ticking, tugging on trousers etc. Believe it or not, nicotine is often used to quell the tics. I looked at that photo as well and it looked like it may well have been one of those nicotine delivery systems that you get by prescription.
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abbylynn February 9th, 2010 at 06:55
I would think 10yrs is plenty of time to become a good lawyer.To go back to the DA’s office after all that time is quite strange.I think it’s his Behavior! that took him back to the DA’s office.Miller is not a ppl person.He poudts an rants way to much.
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Joe Mannix for Frank Cannon February 9th, 2010 at 16:48
In many counties, a prison guard starts at a higher pay than an ADA.
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Tillie February 9th, 2010 at 19:18
Becky, it is quite clear that you have an obsession with ADA Miller and the DA’s office…I find it quite disturbing that you are attacking him personally for doing his job..What kind of person are you to evoke this kind of insane behavior….You sound like a “school girl” who got her feelings hurt! Grow up Becky and stop the verbal assaults on ADA Miller…Joy Woomer was found GUILTY because of the evidence presented in the case and for NO OTHER REASON!!!!!
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Do I have to say, “Are you serious? and “Get a life” again? Are you serious? Get a life! And you are dead wrong!
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Tillie February 9th, 2010 at 19:41
WOW Becky….very impressive!!!
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So glad you liked it! I’m sick of people saying I’m obsessed with this or that. What a bunch of crap!
1. We pay the members of the District Attorney’s Office to work for us and protect us.
2. It is the job of the press to cover them.
3. When someone in the DA’s office is bad at their job, or a liar, it is the duty of the press to report it. The fact LNP hasn’t done this for years is the reason many of these liars become judges.
4. Insane behavior? I believe you need a psych evaluation.
5. Verbal attacks? See #4.
6. Nothing of the sort happened in the Joy O’Shea Woomer trial.Are you happier now?
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