link to motion to withdraw
color me confused...:waitasec:
In paragraph 4 of her motion she states that "travel expenses for defense were denied" (in re. Indigency hearing). I could swear that i recalled judge perry approving these expenses ordering that there were to be no luxuries - even specified to fly "coach" and went so far as to suggest a couple of decent hotels e.g., the courtyard by marriott. Did i misunderstand??? :waitasec:
In re. Hornsby's opinion - i totally agree with him, with a couple of qualifiers.
i think that al could not stand the ill-prepared and incompetency of jb. He is everyhing she is not. I doubt they could agree on the time of day. Seriously. I truthfully cannot imagine a more mismatched pair of attorneys. Then along comes cheney mason. Oh my. I imagine at first she had hope since he had so many years of experience and was also dp qualified. Lord have mercy. What an awakening she must have had. Lol he seems to have a bit of a chauvinistic air about him that probably bombed faster than a lead balloon with al. :innocent: Then the post 6/21 status hearing presser....'nuff said. I'm thinking if al had hopped a flight to antarctica it still wouldn't have been distant enough for her to dissociate herself from those two.
Now for those 'qualifers' i spoke of earlier -
the fact that the jac rate for the mitigation specialist was dropping to $40 per hour on july 1st and this motion was filed
the day before, on june 30th,
is more than a mere coincidence. Sorry. Just not buying that it was not a consideration. I don't think it was a huge deal.....just more icing on the cake, iykwim.
Also, i sincerely believe that depaul did play factor in her decision. I can certainly believe that the donations dropped drastically to her fund when it became public knowledge the huge % of dollars donated were going to fund this circus. So, i can buy that she probably was pressured to back away to help restore confidence and insure more money was rolling in.
One more thought - i know baez stated (para) "her work was primarily done". I could not disagree more. I do think she and jeanene have helped tremendously in re. Investigation of mitigating factors,
however...andrea lyons' true strength seems to be selling that story in front of a jury during the penalty phase (should it come to a guilty verdict). In my wildest imagination, i cannot begin to see cheney mason having the same effect on a jury as andrea lyons.