Click informed Historic City News that she was in the process of calling a reporter with another news source who she says may have mischaracterized the relationship between Ed Slavin and the Tennessee Supreme Court.
A point of contention, according to Click, is that prior reports stated that Edward Adelbert Slavin, Jr., a disbarred lawyer in Tennessee and Washington, D. C., was the subject of a “warrant” issued by the Supreme Court.
In an “order”, recorded with the Clerk of the Courts on June 17, 2005, Slavin, was “adjudicated as a person in willful contempt” by the Tennessee Supreme Court and further ordered, that, for this conduct, be, and is hereby “ordered to serve ten (10) days in jail” and to pay “a fine in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00)” was imposed. Additionally, “the accumulated costs of this cause are taxed against Slavin”.
Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr., ordered that “execution should issue if necessary”.
Federal marshals, acting on the Supreme Court ORDER, not WARRANT, took Slavin into custody and detained him at the St. Johns County Jail; where the booking process was started while US Marshals called for further instructions.
The Marshal Service has not reported the reason, however, before the booking process was completed, Slavin was released. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office did not arrest, detain or release Slavin — as he was in the custody of the US Marshals during the entire incident.
It has been reported that Ed Slavin was a fugitive from justice for the past six years (as of next month). Although it is correct, according to Click, that the sentence was imposed by the Court, no extradition order is under consideration nor is a special hearing being convened by the Court to determine what will be done to Slavin pursuant to the order.
On the other hand, Click did furnish Historic City News with a copy of the Supreme Court Order and did verify that the order has not been vacated, satisfied or rescinded — the court order has not yet been executed against Slavin.
An attorney and a local law enforcement representative were asked for their impression — calling their attention to an article reported in today’s St. Augustine Record. In as many words, each feels that the offense is being treated like a misdemeanor by the Tennessee Court, “Florida would not likely extradite a misdemeanor fugitive from Tennessee, even if an un-served warrant or court order existed.” Historic City News was told that if the fugitive returned to the jurisdiction of the Court, for whatever reason, they would be subject to arrest at that time.
There is no word on whether Ed Slavin intends to return to Tennessee, or not.
Photo credits: © 2011 Historic City News staff photographer
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