Hi!
Question: Would an attorney conspire against his own partner in a case? To change the outcome from a trial to a plea?
My Theory: I believe Mason is doing this on two fronts. First, he appears to not be helping JB with the expert information that has been repeatedly requested of them and now compelled from them. Sanctions will likely happen against the Defense. It is my contention that Mason wants JB to be embarrassed in front of his client. Possibly removed from the situation to allow him to work a bit on KC in private.
On the second front, we have the slew of motions from the Defense. HHJP will rule on this on January 3rd as noted in the press. Likely, HHJP will also take on the sanctions on this day as well. We all agree that HHJP is likely to exclude or preclude some information about KC's lays and lies and other things. But obviously not all. Some of the information the Proscecution may not want to even use at trial and so they may not object. Other pieces of information that they believe is critical they will fight for. ICA will be sitting in the courtroom the entire time her "lovely" past is brought up. All 6 motions will be heard in the same day. This lass will get another taste of what a TRIAL is going to be like. I think Mason is hoping that KC might see JB being sanctioned and the bringing out of a lot of her dirty laundry as embarrassing and possibly not worth the risk of losing. Maybe Mason thinks that ICA will be primed for him to deal with?
I know that the Defense is always going to try and do all it can. But by all accounts, Mason and HHJP are good friends outside of work. They supposedly hang out and play golf with one another. Mason would have no benefit in getting chastized and delaying in getting documents out...because HHJP knows Mason is capable of creating and filing legible motions in a timely manner and complying with the Orders of the court...I can only surmise that this is all a strategy on Mason's part to get JB out of the picture so that he can work on KC without too many distractions and get a plea...
Otherwise, Mason is not very involved in the case at all...and doesn't care, is senile or a substance abuser...because I don't think any of those are true...or that he is a bad irresponsible attorney incapable of complying with an Order of the Court, it has to be that he is trying to kick JB to the curb, albeit with his good friend, HHJP's help. JMO. Is this logical? Make sense at all?