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Judge stresses proper court attire after man appears shirtless in Zoom hearing
Updated Feb 27, 2021;
Posted Feb 27, 2021
Banner denoting a courtroom in the Bay County Court Facility as representing Michigan s 18th Judicial Circuit Court.
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BAY CITY, MI With the COVID-19 pandemic having forced court hearings to be largely held online via Zoom, defendants have occasionally dialed in wearing less-than-ideal courtroom attire.
Now a Bay County judge is reminding people to dress properly for virtual court after a defendant showed up for Zoom court with no attire at all.
On Monday, Feb. 22, a Zoom hearing was held before Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran in which a 33-year-old man charged by the Michigan Attorney General’s Office with failure to pay child support was to appear. The defendant joined the Zoom hearing, nude from the waist up, walking around his home.