Mr. Archibald has been quiet publicly thus far, but Mr. Means gives us insight that apparently there have been storm clouds forming between the two. This from his latest filing (emphasis added):
"1. Mr. Wood made it blatantly obvious of his desire to have my office withdraw and or disqualified in this matter to his “off the record” coercion, manipulation, unethical, threating statements to Mrs. Summer Shiflet prior to Mrs. Shiflet’s statement to the Rexburg Police Department.1 He wishes to have Mr. Means disqualified so that “Lori” would be encouraged to “talk” to the prosecution through an appointed public defender.*2 *3
*2 Believed to be Mr. Archibald, based on previous conversations with Mr. Wood. Please note no intent or insult to Mr. Archibald or his legal abilities or expertise.
*3 Mr. Archibald is not interested in investigating this matter based on what appears to be Mr. Wood representation he would not call LDS Attorney as a witness. This approach, if allowed by this Court, is the ultimate “sweeping under the rug”. The IDHW, LDS Attorney, Prosecution should be investigated to see how deep this manipulation has occurred. By victim shaming and bully tactics they appear to be concerned of what an investigation will unveil.
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5. Furthermore, this is an attempt to continue to drive a wedge between Co-counsels in the defense of Lori. This Court, sua sponte, appointed Mr. Archibald as a death penalty counsel in a case of which no death penalty notice has ever been filed in this matter. The Court appointed Mr. Archibald as “co-counsel” and it is self-evident that there are competing theories of defense and avenues of advocacy or Lori as illustrated in this matter. This conflict is a direct assault on Lori’s right to counsel of her choice and an unnecessary interference to her rights to a unified defense imposed solely by this Court"
In other words Mark Means appears to be saying this of Mr. Archibald: "I don't like this guy;" "he's a friend of the court/prosecution;" "I kinda hate this guy, but don't want to come outright and say it;" "I think this whole IDHW case should be investigated, but he doesn't want it to happen, and I think it's because he's in bed with the court/prosecution, which means it should be doubly investigated because I'm probably right and he's in bed with them;" "I just don't like this guy;" "he's coming up with a different defense for Lori than I want;" "I don't like this guy;" "he's advocating for Lori in a manner that I don't approve of;" "who does he think he is?" "I should be the only one defending Lori;" "this guy drives me nuts;" "this guy is interfering with my ability to run the show;" "I resent the court for attaching this guy to
my case;" "he should see things my way and agree to everything I say, but he won't!" "did I mention I
really don't like this guy?" MOO. JMO