Jury finds now former judge Joan Orie Melvin guilty on all but one count.
Justice Orie Melvin faced seven counts, including three counts of felony theft of services, one count of conspiracy to commit theft of services, also a felony, and one count each of misdemeanor misapplication of government property, official oppression and conspiracy to tamper with evidence.
Ms. Orie, Justice Orie Melvin and Justice Orie Melvin's daughter, Casey Melvin, left the courthouse in a black Land Rover after getting a sheriff's deputy escort out of the building.
Typically, defendants are sent directly to jail to await sentencing. Four felony convictions and she's allowed to leave??? She should have been immediately cuffed, and taken to the Allegheny County Jail. When I worked in Virginia, one judge in Spotsylvania County routinely told convicted felons, "You might as well start getting some credit for time served while awaiting sentencing."