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January 27, 2010 in
Guy James Gray and his client didn’t talk for six weeks before trial:
When asked, “How can you defend a guy when you’re not communicating with him?”, Gray replies:
I filed a motion asking to get off the case. The judge didn’t want a delay, and he made me try it, and I tried it.
So having asked to get off the case, you’ve got no further duty to do things like communicate with your client? What a whiner. (Did I mention that he’s a former prosecutor? Just checking.)
The one bright spot: he’s retiring.
I hope someone is saving all this stuff for the poor defendant. He is gonna need it for his post conviction/habeas ineffective assistance of counsel claim.
So now the attorney decides whether the client testifies at trial? Apparently, I have been doing it all wrong.
That was just plain crap. My fervent prayer is that I never become that kind of lawyer.