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Does Richmond judge say it all in defamation case hearing?  At
one point during Friday's hearing in Richmond Circuit Court,
which attracted six attorneys, three of four plaintiffs -- two
of whom brought their spouses -- and even County Attorney Ted
Wilmot, not to mention five targets of subpoenas, various
spouses, onlookers from as far away as northern Virginia, two
reporters .... sorry to go off on a tangent there ... let's
start over.  At one point during Friday's hearing in Richmond
Circuit Court, Judge Theodore J. Markow said, "Why are we here?"
In the context of that statement, Tony Troy, an attorney for
plaintiffs Bobby Crewe, Michelle Ressler, Gregory Woodard and
Teresa Altemus, was telling the judge that an agreement in
principle on the submission of computer hard drives by targets
of subpoenas filed by the plaintiffs had been reached. Tommy
Norment, representing four of the Gl