Clinton,
Toss a coin.
I have seen, as I am sure we all have, some of the most disturbing and bizzare results come from the courts at all levels.
In some cases the folk presiding are clearly incompetent, and often not well enough equipped to see through all the various variety of bovine excrement on offer.
Its not unlike asking your LAME to perform heart surgery. Sure he has a workshop full of tools, and its beautifully clean, and he knows heart surgery involves chopping your chest open, but thats where the experience and competency ends.
Toss a coin.