Judge Mitchell Sabarski is a minor character on How to Get Away with Murder. He is the judge who persided over Jasmine Bromelle's trial.
Biography[]
Season 4[]
When Annalise took her first case after getting cleared in the arson and murder of Wes case, Mitchell Sabraski was the judge. Jasmine Bromelle was charged with illegal possession of a firearm after being pulled over for soliciation.
In court, Annalise filed a motion to suppress and argued the prosecution's entire case was based on an illegal stop-and-frisk. She said there was no probable cause to search Jasmine, which made the gun found on her inadmissable evidence. The prosecution, led by Ronald Miller, argued that Jasmine was a convicted prostitue who was stopped in an area she was known to 'ply her trade'. Annalise countered that she lived there and being black wasn't adequate grounds for suspicion. Miller then said the arguments being presented were beyond the scope of the hearing, and judge Sabraski denied her motion to suppress. Annalise then asked to file a continuance, which was also denied because she didn't file a 106 motion
A few days later in court again, Mr. Hedstrom was on the witness stand and Annalise gave him Jasmine's 1968 prositiution charge and asked if he recognised it because he was the one who prosecuted it. Miller objected, saying it was a sealed arrest record and Annalise cited a presdent that let witnesses testify to the seal contents of cases. Sabraski overuled. Hedstrom read that Jasmine was 13 at the time of the charge, so Annalise asked why Jasmine was being prosecuted instead of being treated as a victim of sex trafficking. Hedstrom said that the consept of sex trafficking was new, he got Jasmine released from juvenile detention and her file sealed and that there wasn't much else he could do. Annalise then questioned this, listing other 13 year olds who where arrested for solicitation in 1968 but instead of being charged, they were sent to rehabilitation. She said that each one of the cases were identical to Jasmine's just that they were all white and Jasmine is black.
She then started being argumentative with the witness, to which Miller objected, saying that Jasmine was constantly turned back onto the street until she had a criminal record 'so high' she was denied housing and assistance. She then turned to the judge and demanded that Jasmine's current charges as well as prior convictions be vacated. Judge Sabraski ruled in Jasmine's favour, saying that her entire arrest record would be sealed so as long as she was never arrested again, she would be eligible for assistance and housing. ("I'm Not Her")
Season 6[]
Appearances[]
| Season 4 | |||||||||||
| "I'm Going Away" | "I'm Not Her" | "It's for the Greater Good" | "Was She Ever Good at Her Job?" | ||||||||
| "I Love Her" | "Stay Strong, Mama" | "Nobody Roots for Goliath" | "Live. Live. Live." | ||||||||
| "He's Dead" | "Everything We Did Was For Nothing" | "He's a Bad Father" | "Ask Him About Stella" | ||||||||
| "Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" | "The Day Before He Died" | "Nobody Else Is Dying" |
| Season 6 | |||||||||||
| "Say Goodbye" | "Vivian's Here" | "Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?" | "I Hate the World" | ||||||||
| "We're All Gonna Die" | "Family Sucks" | "I'm the Murderer" | "I Want to Be Free" | ||||||||
| "Are You the Mole?" | "We're Not Getting Away With It" | "The Reckoning" | "Let's Hurt Him" | ||||||||
| "What If Sam Wasn't the Bad Guy This Whole Time?" | "Annalise Keatings Is Dead" | "Stay" |