OK - long #insurrectionBlues hearing on Brandon Fellows before DDC Judge McFadden. Fellows' lawyer says he wants to fire her. Inner City Press will from this point on live tweet, thread below. Song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
Fellows' lawyer says he should get another lawyer before he makes his own statement in court.
Fellows: I'd rather not wait.
Fellows: I'd rather not wait.
Fellows: I'm willing to accept the risk. I'd like to make my own case.
Judge McFadden: Are you seeking to have another attorney?
Fellows: Previously I was willing to wait out a plea deal. Now, after reading laws, I think not. I've been hearing lies.
Judge McFadden: Are you seeking to have another attorney?
Fellows: Previously I was willing to wait out a plea deal. Now, after reading laws, I think not. I've been hearing lies.
Judge McFadden: What I'd like to do is come back in a few days when we can find another attorney to represent you. If you still want to testify, you could do that. But if you're telling me that you're comfortable with her as your attorney, I'll consider that.
[It seems that for Fellow to speak today, which he wants to do, he has to keep his lawyer. So he's doing it.]
Now his lawyer (?) says she wants to speak off the record with the judge, lawyers only. Client can't go, in criminal case?
Now his lawyer (?) says she wants to speak off the record with the judge, lawyers only. Client can't go, in criminal case?
Judge McFadden returns from sidebar with lawyers only, not defendant Fellows, and says: Let's come back tomorrow... You taking the stand is a big deal. You are entitled to it. I want to make sure you understand what you're doing. 11 am tomorrow? In Courtroom 2
It's over, until tomorrow. While Judges seeking to protect defendants against self-incrimination is understandable (sometimes motivated only by desire not to be reversed on appeal), the right to speak is shown to exist only *on delay* - Pauline Bauer, Fellows
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