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One of the justices (or possibly 2) talked today about the possibility of sealing warrants/arrest affidavit's and this was discussed in the context of tools available to lower court Judges to deal with the issue of adverse pretrial publicity. Thought this point was interesting as I'm curious how Atty. P. might have responded to this happening? In a way I wish it had played out this way as it might have eliminated material for Atty. P. to talk about to the Press which would have been interesting to see have happen IMO. If Judge Blawie had done this and Atty. P. then still continued on with with Press antics and false statements then the clear case for the 'gag order' would have been indisputable IMO.I hope they don’t lift that gag order...but if they do, I wonder if it’ll quickly be followed by a murder charge?
I wonder if the State Supreme Court Justices might have thought that the sealing route should have been tried in advance of imposing the 'Gag Order' along with direct citation of Atty. P. for violation of 3.6a or b?
I do wonder though if the reason we saw passivity on the issue of citing Pattis under 3.6b by Atty Colangelo and then bringing this issue to the Judge was to prevent later discussion down the line of arguments for appeal based on quality of representation? There had to be a reason Atty Colangelo didn't go this route as it seems fairly clear that they believe Atty. P. was colouring outside the lines of 3.6b in particular via his comments?
I do very much wonder why nobody in this process seems to want to call Atty. P. on his non compliance with 3.6a and/or b? The State sorta/kinda went in this direction in its comments and the Judges were aware of the issue but there was only the vague reference to lower court options available to pursue Atty. P. non compliance.
I wonder if we will ever see accountability for Professional Standards in CT? We haven't seen it required by Judge Heller, Judge Noble or Judge Blawie IMO. But I guess if we don't see it from the Supreme CT then it will never happen? IDK. Sad state of affairs IMO.
There was ongoing discussion about waiving right to free trial along with insuring that a fair trial does happen for Fd at some point. Its quite cynical to say, but I do wonder if Atty. P. goal all along wasn't to absolutely ensure that a fair trial couldn't occur ever and that this then would allow his client to never see the inside of a prison possibly in his lifetime due to the necessary ongoing appeals? I think the Justices today were on this path of seeing this possibility with Atty. P. and it also seemed that they knew they would be seeing him again soon on this case IMO.
I'm curious where the line gets drawn for abuse of process by Fd and Atty. P.? Will we see more ongoing trips to Hartford by Atty. P.? I do see the Supreme CTs POV that neither Atty. P. nor Atty Colangelo addressed any of their issues at the lower court before Atty. P. chose to run to Hartford and Supreme Court. Why Atty. P. wasn't called out on this has me baffled. But I guess Supreme Court could have chosen to not hear the Atty. P. motion too and could have kicked the issue back to Judge Blawie.
Very curious how this will be ruled upon by the Supreme Court.
PS. Not one of the Justices today asked Atty. P. if his license were still active today. So, maybe that means there hasn't been a decision in the disciplinary hearing yet?
MOO
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