Viral Man Who Attended Court through Zoom While Driving Never Had a Driver’s License, Judge Says [Video]

The saga involving the Michigan man who went viral for attending court docket through Zoom continued Wednesday with a brand new twist: The decide revealed that he’s by no means had a authorized license in his complete life wherever in america.

Corey Harris appeared in court docket in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, every week after his Could 15 court docket listening to went viral. Harris joined that Could 15 listening to concerning his suspended license through Zoom whereas driving. Judge Cedric Simpson was unsurprisingly dumbfounded. Simpson ordered Harris to show himself in later that day.

Within the following days, Harris claimed in an interview with a neighborhood TV station that he was being made an instance of for an sincere mistake. Nonetheless, throughout Wednesday’s listening to, Judge Simpson clarified that Harris had by no means had a authorized license. He defined that whereas Harris had his driving privileges suspended, he by no means possessed a sound driver’s license.

“He has never had a license. Ever. And has never had a license in any of the other 49 states or commonwealths that make up this country,” Simpson stated across the 3-minute mark.

“When they suspended his license…they don’t suspend the license, they suspend the privilege to drive in the state. Hence, if he had a Kentucky license, he would have been allowed to drive anywhere that Kentucky allowed him to drive; he just couldn’t drive in Michigan because his privileges have been restricted,” Simpson stated.

The decide emphasised that there have been no clerical errors and that the one failure was Harris not taking steps to regain his driving privileges. Harris had claimed he couldn’t tackle his license because of being housebound after an accident, however Simpson countered this, noting that Harris had visited the Secretary of State’s workplace to resume his Michigan ID.

Protection Legal professional Dionne E. Webster-Cox said they had been centered on correcting Harris’ document and securing his license. She was stunned to study Harris had by no means had a license.

Harris, who had a warrant for driving with a suspended license, was taken into police custody however was given a nominal bond for launch. His subsequent court docket date is August 7, giving him time to safe a license.