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Agreed!
I continue to be amused by assertions/assumptions that the Defense Team, including Hennessey, are (in spite of their ~ 90 years of collective defense experience) a bunch of legal clowns.
I am more inclined to presumed the D's filings are calculated, careful and deliberate.
"Ready" is relative. This team has asserted they were ready for speedy trial prior to being removed from the case. Upon return from that long detour, they advised the Court that they received a discovery package from the Prosecution in disarray, that included brand new discovery and a disorganized set of previous discovery, and that the D believed discovery materials they'd previously logged were missing. Two weeks later, they've determined they are again ready for a speedy trial. A two/three week discovery review and reorganization period is a nothingburger.
I'm also inclined to think perhpas Gull did take a few notes from her trip to the SCOIN.
For sure, Gull continues to deliberately block the public from understanding case movement by keeping a blind, meaningless docket. Her Court, her judgement, her choice as some like to point out. Journalists like Barb McD phoning the "court executive" exercising A-1 press rights may be the only way the public will be able to follow what's going on with this Court between open court hearings.
That being said ... and practically speaking, it's possible that phone and/or chamber conference(s) with Gull/the Court and the parties have straightened out the parties' understandings - understandings that haven't been published to the docket - understandings that likely have resolved for the parties many of the questions we're still asking. For example ... Hennessey likely learned the same day of his filing exactly how he could bring his electronics ... and all parties (including Ausbrook) likely have known for some time what type of contempt McLeland means to charge.
It's also possible that (since SCOIN) Gull appreciates the benefits of giving more direct instruction as to the Court's expectations. (Which can happen via phone conference.) Allen Cty local attorneys may be familiar with her eyeroll and read between the lines traditions ... but those traditions have not served her well in Carroll County.
JMHO
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Curious how DH in all 45+ years of defense lawyering and 100’s of murder trials didn’t know how to properly file the request.