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Judge rebukes woman who denied driving while video-calling from car: ‘Do you think I’m that stupid?’

a screengrab shows a virtual court hearing with a woman appearing in a car on the top left and a judge in court on the top right with three views of the court room
The hearing via Zoom involving Kimberly Carroll in Woodhaven district court. Photograph: Woodhaven District Court

A woman who dialed into a court hearing in Detroit while in her car this week was berated by the judge, who asked “Do you think I’m that stupid?” when she appeared on video apparently driving the vehicle.

Fox2 Detroit reported that defendant Kimberly Carroll called late into a hearing relating to a financial matter, and was asked by the judge, Michael K McNally, to turn on her camera.

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