Frederick County Needs a New State's Attorney, Part II

Several months ago, I wrote about how Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith (Frederick County's version of Jack McCoy) was accused of not paying child support, and how the facts of that allegation showed that Smith needed to go from office. Well, his office hit a new low of incompetence.

Last year, a woman in Thurmont who had already been cited for driving with her kids in the trunk of her car, was arrested for providing alcohol to a young teenage girl. The girl subsequently had to go to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. Well, the State's Attorney's office had her plead guilty to a count of providing alcohol to a minor that only businesses can be guilty of. So the judge had no choice but to throw out the guilty verdict and let the woman go. D'oh.

The new proof that Charlie Smith needs to go is trivial. Although the kicker is that people are complaining about the defense attorney bringing it up, even though he'd probably be disbarred if he did not, and the judge for throwing out the case, even though the judge has to follow the law and must overturn the verdict as under the statute, the woman cannot be guilty of what she plead to. Let's put the blame where it belongs: with the State's Attorney's office. And since Charlie Smith is the State's Attorney, the buck should stop with him.