Judge M. Lane Quotations

There are some judges that in my view do cross the line. They try to make up the law as they go along. Those judges, in my view, respectfully, do not honor their oath. Their oath is to construe the law and follow the law the legislature enacts.

The production is great, the producers do a heck of a job. And, yes, it's fun doing the work. In the course, the economic payback isn't too bad either.

On the other hand, every now and again somebody deserves a pat on the back and some compliment and some encouragement. I think you've got to do that, too.

But the thing about the murder case, murder is one of the few - I mean, it's the only crime there's no statute of limitations on.

Laws are changed all the time, but the legislature primarily makes the law.

Well, it has some of that, but what I think also is people like to see conflict. They like to see conflict. And they also like to see it resolved.

Well, I was a referee. I've since retired from that. I was a fighter and I took up refereeing as a hobby after I retired from being a competitive fighter. And see, I've got no nose.

Well, I think you've get to get people on the bench, and the police and people in law enforcement to recognize that we're all Americans. We're not black Americans, white Americans, red Americans: We're all Americans.

Well, I think, unfortunately, the application of the system sometimes is not fair. I think that's something that we have to work out - work at very, very, very hard.

Well, judges take offense to that if they're called an activist judge. But the fact of the matter is if the shoe fits, you've got to put it on. There are judges that do that.

We've got to focus on people as people. We've got to get beyond this ethnic thing. We're all Americans, and we've got to recognize that.

If you litigate, you're entitled to litigate and you're entitled to have the issues explored completely.

If you've got a case that's due out or you have a trial starting Monday morning, and you haven't read the file, you haven't done the homework and done the research, you ought to be in there Saturday and if necessary Sunday. That goes with the territory.

In the beginning, I don't think any juvenile of kinder years, of young age like that, should be in an adult facility. I think that is in and of itself criminal.

If you run - if you give the gavel to a lawyer, they'll take it.

You've got to be big enough to say I was wrong, have your administrative assistant get the lawyers, get the litigants back in, and be big enough to go on the record and correct it.