Johnnie Burgess

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  Published on: 9/6/2009    Last Visited: 9/7/2009  

  "They fill the gap," said Springfield City Prosecutor Johnnie Burgess. "We're not left with our hands tied."
  
  Since Whipple's decision, the prosecutor's office has pulled nearly 300 pending cases where an individual is charged with violating some provision of ordinance 78-32. Nearly a quarter of those have been dismissed, Burgess said. Others have been refiled under a different ordinance.
  
  "(The law) is frequently used by the police department, and up until the injunction came along we had no reason to believe there was anything wrong with it," Burgess said.
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  Burgess acknowledged it's not uncommon for his office to prosecute officer obstruction violations. But he said attorneys make sure a case has merit before charges are filed.
  
  "You can't prosecute someone for voicing an opinion," he said, even if that opinion involves profanity.

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  Published on: 1/7/2009    Last Visited: 1/7/2009  

  City Prosecutor Johnnie Burgess conceded the point, but said circuits "have a tendency to unify their decisions whenever they can."
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  Burgess said the city has always issued penalties of $100 and has no intention of increasing that amount.
  
  Umbarger and Burgess are next scheduled to go before a judge next week.
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  "The case is not an end-all by any means," Burgess said.

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  Published on: 1/14/2007    Last Visited: 1/14/2007  

  City Attorney Johnnie Burgess says they're asking for the hearing because the "jury did not ... indicate whether they thought the dog was vicious. ...

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  Published on: 6/21/2007    Last Visited: 6/21/2007  

  Chief Municipal Prosecutor: Johnnie Burgess
  
  The Chief Municipal Prosecutor directs the day-to-day operation in an office of ten professional, semi-professional, and support personnel.Additionally, the chief prosecutor sets policy for the prosecutor's office, acts as liaison between the prosecutor's office and other city departments, acts as an education resource for city departments and community groups, and represents the city in criminal and civil matters before the Court.
  
  Johnnie Burgess has acted as chief prosecutor since February of 2004, but has had a relationship with the municipal prosecutor's office since 1999.
  
  Burgess grew up in west Springfield and attended Springfield's oldest high school.He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from SMSU in 1985 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1990.
  
  Johnnie has devoted most of his legal career to public service.Including Springfield, Johnnie has served as a prosecutor with four different prosecutor's offices; six years as an assistant to the Greene County Prosecutor.His legal activities also include two years as legal counsel for the Missouri Department of Social Services and three years in private practice.

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  Published on: 6/8/2009    Last Visited: 6/8/2009  

  n Springfield, possession of 35 grams or less of marijuana is already a low-priority misdemeanor offense, said Johnnie Burgess, the city's chief municipal prosecutor. n 2008, more than 800 people were charged with simple possession, according to city records.

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  Published on: 5/22/2009    Last Visited: 5/23/2009  

  In Springfield, possession of 35 grams or less of marijuana is already a low-priority misdemeanor offense, said Johnnie Burgess, the city's chief municipal prosecutor.
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  "The police officers are not going to look the other way," Burgess said.

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  Published on: 11/20/2008    Last Visited: 11/20/2008  

  Acquiescing, city Prosecutor Johnnie Burgess requested that the judge lower the woman's bond.

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  Published on: 10/31/2008    Last Visited: 11/1/2008  

  City Prosecutor Johnnie Burgess said it was very unusual for any case in municipal court to take so long, almost two years to reach a conclusion. He praised the young victim, who took the stand at the August 29 trial.
  
  "She testified at length," said Burgess.
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  Anderson's sentence is not scheduled to begin until February, 2009, Burgess said.

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  Published on: 2/28/2008    Last Visited: 4/8/2008  

  City Prosecutor Johnnie Burgess said an office position would have to be cut in order to hit the goal.But, he added, that move could delay the processing of charges.
  
  "It will be necessary to begin setting first appearance court dates for offenders charged with criminal and traffic offenses at a time twenty to thirty days beyond the date of the issuance of the citation, as opposed to the fifteen day period we use now," Burgess wrote.

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  Published on: 3/12/2008    Last Visited: 3/12/2008  

  Chief Municipal Prosecutor Johnnie Burgess echoed the judge's concerns.
  
  "There's no question that (eliminating night court) will back up case times," he said."We have a certain number of cases we want to prosecute and as it stands right now there's a substantial number that are addressed on the night court docket."
  
  Burgess said if night court is done away with, the wait for pre-trial conferences could be months.Delayed court dates create a myriad of problems, he said.
  
  "Time is always an issue when you're trying to prosecute a case , at any level," he said."Cases begin to get stale.People begin to forget the details of what happened, exactly who was there and who said what.It just makes it harder and harder to prosecute cases the older they get."
  
  Burgess said delays also make it more difficult to track down those involved with a case.
  
  "People change careers, people move, leave for the military, go somewhere else ...If they can't get their court case resolved, then they have to travel back here to try to resolve it," he said.
  
  Burgess said he fears the public will lose faith in the court system if dates are constantly postponed.
  
  "One of the things people expect is that if a case is brought to court, they want to get it resolved," he said.
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  Burgess said he wants night court to remain, especially because the prosecutor's office is backed up as it is.
  
  "I would hope night court gets to stay," he said."We really need a whole other building and another judge for the load we deal with now."
  
  He said although that likely won't happen, keeping night court would at least help.

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