A defendant standing trial on allegations of attacking a corrections officer sucker-punched his attorney in an Arizona courtroom after the judge ordered him to leave, according to a report.

The defendant, Lamont Payne, had repeatedly interrupted the judge during the courtroom proceeding last year.

"He was swearing and rolling his eyes and making a scene," his public attorney Vladimir Gagic said. "Just causing a commotion and being a troublemaker."

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