--- title: Florida Judge John Murphy Beats Public Defender Andrew Weinstock. description: Lady Justice will want to keep the blindfold on for this video canonical: https://time.com/2818369/florida-judge-courtroom-fight/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-03T17:31:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:18.272Z og:title: Florida Judge John Murphy Beats Public Defender Andrew Weinstock. og:description: Lady Justice will want to keep the blindfold on for this video og:url: https://time.com/2818369/florida-judge-courtroom-fight/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt053233d9c4a61c50/698696083bc99946a61a3e80/face-punch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3955 og:image:height: 2225 og:image:alt: 88179932 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Florida Judge John Murphy Beats Public Defender Andrew Weinstock. twitter:description: Lady Justice will want to keep the blindfold on for this video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt053233d9c4a61c50/698696083bc99946a61a3e80/face-punch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Florida Judge Deals Out Justice With His Fists > Sponsored content. 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Closed-circuit camera footage shows a debate about “docket sounding” escalating into openly stated desires to beat and bludgeon one another. “You know if I had a rock I would throw it at you right now,” Judge John Murphy says to public defender Andrew Weinstock. “You know what? I’m the public defender, I have a right to be here,” replied Weinstock. “I said sit down,” the judge says. “If you want to fight let’s go out back and I’ll just beat your ass.” Moments later the two men walk off screen and presumably out back, where cursing and loud pounding noises can be heard from inside the courtroom. Public Defender Blaise Trettis [told](http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/06/02/judge-lawyer-tussle-in-brevard-courtroom/9886361/) Florida Today that Murphy grabbed Weinstock and punched him in the head. Only the judge returns from the scuffle winded. “I will catch my breath eventually,” he says. Applause from those in the courtroom can be heard. Public Defender Blaise Trettis [told](http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/06/02/judge-lawyer-tussle-in-brevard-courtroom/9886361/) Florida Today “I hope it’s not a reflection on Judge Murphy’s really outstanding legal career,” Trettis said, adding, “If it’s true, you know, I think it’s really an uncharacteristic, isolated incident.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2818369/florida-judge-courtroom-fight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2818369/florida-judge-courtroom-fight/"},"headline":"Florida Judge Deals Out Justice With His Fists","datePublished":"2014-06-03T17:31:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:18.272Z","description":"Lady Justice will want to keep the blindfold on for this video","url":"https://time.com/2818369/florida-judge-courtroom-fight/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Florida","Judge","fight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt053233d9c4a61c50/698696083bc99946a61a3e80/face-punch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt053233d9c4a61c50/698696083bc99946a61a3e80/face-punch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"88179932","caption":"88179932","creditText":"Steven Puetzer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2818369/florida-judge-courtroom-fight/","name":"Florida Judge Deals Out Justice With His Fists"}}]}] ```