STATEWIDE V. SIEGEL

Assistant Statewide Prosecutor Cynthia Honick, as “the lead prosecutor
Circuit Court Judge Andy Siegel, asthe Court

Andy Siegel may regret hanging onto one last criminal trial before starting in the Probate Division full time.

The multi-week, multiple co-defendant Statewide alleged diet pill (Phentermine) distribution prosecution has devolved into a variety of accusations by the plaintiffs, mostly regarding Siegel’s rulings against the State. It’s gotten to the point that pregnant lead prosecutor Cynthia Honick, who mid-trial refused sidebar conferences, states in a sworn affidavit that she is “concerned for her physical wellbeing and ultimate safety” because of the judge’s behavior.

From the forty-four page Motion To Disqualify:

Page 15, State’s Motion To Disqualify
Page 2, Affidavit of Cynthia Honick, sworn under penalty of perjury in support of State’s Motion To Disqualify

Statewide’s full position is laid out in the entire motion and required affidavits, so be sure to click the link above to read everything. In the meantime, we have to point out that after literally decades of dealing with Siegel as both a criminal judge and as chief of the Criminal Division, we’d be hard pressed to find anyone but Honick and her colleagues who could claim to find good-humored, unflappable Andy as anything but mild-mannered and polite, including the people we spoke with who witnessed the alleged finger-wagging.

The trial is set to resume tomorrow, before a pre-scheduled rest of the week recess. We’re told the disqualification motion has been denied as legally insufficient, and without a Stay ordered, or a Mandate from the Fourth DCA granting the below pictured Petition also filed by Statewide, the trial will progress until the bitter end …

86 thoughts on “STATEWIDE V. SIEGEL”

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      Wait what!?!?!?!? How do you get into a fight like this with SIEGEL? He’s the most upstanding gentleman on the bench. Only an unstable witch like Honick… incredible!

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      Pull up the motion to disqualify, it is the most pathetic immature baby behavior Honick is like “I decline your side bar judge I don’t feel comfortable around you” absolutely pathetic crying waaah waaah

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      It’s always been the dumping ground for bimbos that can’t hold down a job anywhere else.

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        She’s not even that good of a lawyer so why is she always such a nasty impolite person to work with?

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    This is classic “look over here at this shiny ball” to cover for her lack of preparation and skill and her complete lack of respect for Judge Siegel. She should be ashamed.

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      She’s dealing with Jimmy Lewis. Her head must be spinning having to go with a real trial lawyer she can’t bully.

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        Honick wasnt the only one acting up her co counsel was too. But she was definitely the main instigator. How much more can she do before she gets terminated from her job and has to do real work like the rest of society?

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    Jim Lewis as many trials he has had should be a pro. He’s still trying to figure it out just like him running for political positions. Strike 2 swing and a miss Strike 3? Sidebar with Judge Seigel invites bad breath just saying. That ol gal needs to relax she’s a prosecutor to Pursue criminal charges and get convictions not sympathy if you want to do that the P D office is open. Everybody in that court house needs to realize and accept their jobs or get heck out ASAP

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    Cynthia Honick is one of the most arrogant, disrespectful, and condescending attorneys to ever walk the halls of the Broward courthouse!!!

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      She’s a lightweight bimbo who you can roll over like a velvet steamroller in Court. I smashed her little act like she was a bug on flypaper. Just let her vent her hormonal rage and then sit back and watch her implode. She’s got no business even having a license in my view but should be instead seeking help for a disorder that’s got to have some sort of name ! Lol
      Besides that, she’s the one that should buy stock in mouthwash !
      Next it will be she’s got cramps caused by the judge !

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      This coming from a chick whose perfume smells like fish sauce? I can’t stop laughing at the pranks some of these twerps pull. LOL

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    This is not the first time Cynthia Honick claims to be “afraid” when she doesn’t like someone; she’s done it with opposing counsels and public defenders too. Cynthia is a two-faced liar with no credibility. Good thing Andy denied her frivolous motion!

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    Cynthia Honick is a brat. Whenever she doesn’t get what she wants she throws a tantrum and whines like the petulant child that she is! She is unprofessional and a poor excuse for an attorney.

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      Where is willy wonka when you need him. Petulant children need to accordingly addressed.

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        Google her salary. Apparently they paying her $100,000 of tax payer money!?

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          Lower end of the wage scale makes for an unhappy attitude. Put that together with her massive insecurities lead to actions such as these. She’s a popsicle.

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    Cynthia Honick is not only a poor attorney but character-wise she is an even lower person. She then unleashes her angry, insecure, and callous nature on the poor defendants that she prosecutes. She shows no mercy and cares little about how her actions affect other human beings. She doesn’t care about how her conduct hurts others including not only the defendants but their families too. Thankfully some public defenders, privates, and judges like Siegel stand up to her!

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      Is she like that Asa new person who always does things inadvertently or is she worse.

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        Hey Honick since you won’t clean up your nasty attitude maybe you can clean up your nasty breath

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    Get her a big tube of hemorrhoidal cream and watch her scream, but for the sake of God stop her whining…

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    Sounds like most women in the Asa office they walk around like that have a three piece set and total chip on their shoulder and are at best incompetent but in fact they look pretty attractive. And yes they need breath mints. And now eye shields.

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    This is preposterous. Judge Siegel is a gentleman and a professional at all times. Cynthia is never prepared, always late, constantly complaining and always accusatory. Even when she was at the SAO she was an incompetent liability. Anybody who has appeared before judge Siegel knows his character and should be appalled by these baseless allegations. Cynthia needs a good old fashioned bar complaint and a suspension. Julie, control your children.

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        Bill do a public records request on everything related to Cynthia’s employment.

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    Once saw Honick in mccarthys courtroom about 3 years ago throw a fit demanding to colloquy the defendant because he didn’t want to accept her outrageous offer given that she had not provided discovery. The public defender objected to this and as soon as he turned around she was talking trash at sidebar with Mccarthy who later stormed off the bench. Later the next day she claimed she was threatened in the foyer of Mccarthys courtroom. These tantrums and lies are nothing new!!!!

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        In one instance she completely went off bad mouthing Fred Haddad and Schwartzreich while sitting in court. She’s thinks so highly of herself! All hail Honick! Put her on the mt Rushmore of lawyers next to Thurgood Marshall, Abe Lincoln, and Barack Obama.

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          Obviously Fred wasn’t present because he would have dressed her down like a two bit prostitute Fred doesn’t hold back. A New York type of thing.

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    The only thing you can count on Cynthia Honick for is to cheat. If she wasn’t a prosecutor she would have been sanctioned by the bar by now. Has anyone ever had a case with her where she didn’t play around with providing discovery? Has anyone gone to trial with her where she did not come up with nonsense and hide the ball? It would be one thing if they actually required evidence before they filed cases but that is not necessary when it comes to statewide. It’s agencies like this that give prosecutors a bad name.

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      Statewide has always been unethical and Cynthia is the most unethical of them all. It’s win at all costs for her. She is a cruel monster who has no regard for the constitution, for Brady, or for due process.

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        Her bar number in case anyone has a complaint to make 4 unethical conduct…

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          Madeleine LOL! Maybe she was made fun of as a child and that’s why she now enjoys ruining peoples lives and making crappy offers and treating defense lawyers like shit

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            Worked with her while at SAO back in the day and she was nice one day and rude and angry the next. Not many people liked her.

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              She and Katya should team up as two of the biggest, weirdest psychos North of Wako Texas. Very strange behavioral outbursts. If you’ve ever been witness to one of them, it’s very unnerving to say the least.

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                Katya isn’t racist (realize not the question posed but still relevant) because she treats everyone that way. Mentally ill, maybe.

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    Didn’t Cynthia Honick put her name in to be appointed as a judge? Clearly, someone who can’t get along with Judge Siegel doesn’t have the temperament to be on the bench. I hear that she is very unethical as are most of the Statewide Prosecutors. Now that Hunter Davis left there is no one reasonable to work with there. Julie Hogan is just as bad as Cynthia and she runs the office. They both should be fired for this one. Julie had to authorize it.

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      Where are the pink pussy lip hats I think every female Asa should wear them in court. It just evokes how tuff on crime they are. You don’t need integrity in the Asa if you wear a skirt.

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    Just goes to show her intense insecurity when it comes to doing her job. It may have grown over the years into a real mental problem. She needs to be shown the door.

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      THIS AFFIDAVIT IS OBVIOUSLY PERJURY SO WHY ISNT CYNTHIA HONICK BEING PROSECUTED? SIEGEL NEVER THREATENED HER SHE LITERALLY LIED UNDER OATH.

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            Michael Gottlieb could challenge Honick for the award of “Stupidest Tool in the Box”

            Drew Atria’s son (a PD in N. Fla ) was punched by a defendant, and Legislature proposed a new bill adding PDs to the list of protected court officers.

            In a 13-1 vote, Mike was the only holdout voting AGAINST the bill that gives PDs the same protections as SAO, etc

            “This bill causes me a lot of internal angst,” said Mike.

            And this comment showing how dense he is:
            ““Eric Atria’s father Drew was my first mentor [in the legal profession],” Gottlieb said. “That video is horrific, and I would encourage any member on the House floor to watch it. This legislation is probably something that needs to be done. I personally can’t support it, but I applaud your effort.”

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              If the video “is horrific”, and you are “encouraging all House members to watch it”, AND that clueless idiot added:

              “This legislation is something that should be done”

              THEN WHY THE F DID YOU VOTE AGAINST IT ?!!

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              Gottlieb has always been the dumbest tool in the toolbox. He’d trade in his grandmother for a fee.
              A real eight-ball. My opinion, but don’t look for any integrity here.

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    This is the scam that Cynthia and Statewide play: They’ll show you an exaggerated scoresheet with 18 years at the bottom. Then they’ll offer 3 years and tell you that if your client doesn’t take it without receiving discovery it’s off the table. – Real defense lawyers tell them to piss off!

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      No defense lawyers present that to their clients and plea them out. And both partys walk away.

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    Cynthia and Statewide don’t want to provide discovery because A) their cases aren’t as good as they pretend they are, and B) because they’re crappy mediocre trial lawyers. — Oh yeah and because they’re unethical snakes.

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    Nothing puts a smile on her face like cheating and throwing a tantrum in court.

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      If she’s normally a nasty disrespectful unstable hormonal psycho in court ….imagine how she is at home…..and now that she’s pregnant!?… ouch poor guy

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    Lol such a shitshow but would expect nothing else from julie’s office or cynthia!

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    Ms Honick seems you cause more harm than good maybe you should quit and do civil work make more money be happier and not hurt so many people

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      They’d chew her up and spit her out. Then she’d really have something to feel inadequate about. No. She’s better off where the poor wretch belongs, a dead end job where she can pretend and get away with it sometimes. They’d tear her to ribbons in Civil. Anyway, she wouldn’t be able to cut the mustard. She doesn’t possess the ability nor the talent.

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    I’ve had the displeasure of having cases against her and she’s so condescending in how she talks to people her facial expressions and her tone.

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    BACDL has warned for years she’s terrible and unethical and i remember while I was at RCC she acted unhinged and very rude over minor petty stuff. She went way too far this time but hey just another day at the Broward Zoo ..uh, courthouse

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    Are Honick and Scherer related? Both nasty unhinged entitled little brats suffering from affluenza…. fill em up!

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      Not even. She uses her position as an excuse to cruelly hurt the defendants she prosecutes but thing is she doesn’t even do a good job to begin with just whines and complains and accuses people of invading her personal space. A few months ago she said something similar. Everyone knows this is classic honick behavior

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        You don’t want to get too close. Her breath smells like sardines left out in the sun ! LOL

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      That’s the way I like my women in the bars restaurants and beach not in the courthouse as prosecutors. Certainly on fridays they and pd and staff walk around like that. It smells like a cat in heat in that courthouse.

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    Picking this fight with the gentlest and politest judge in this circus of a courthouse might be the most deranged demented, and unbalanced thing she’s done yet!

    …In a courthouse that has seen BRENDA, TOOTIE, WEEKES, SATZ, HAWKINS, IMPERATO ROSENTHAL, HOLMES, AND GARDINER, Honick has somehow managed to make a name for herself for her stupidity, incompetence, psychopathy, and manic behavior!!!

    That is no easy feat in this Zoo! Yet Honick and Stateside accomplished it!

    There are more psychotic cuckoos OUTSIDE of the asylum than inside of it, and Honick and Stateside are exhibit A. She needs a Henderson referral and some meds ASAP before she strikes again!

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    I’m wondering who you spoke with, Bill? I got a different story from some people who sat in the court room watching this unfold.

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