afitzy
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Checking back on my OP after getting caught up with a a bit of reflection…..I’m still catching up on an other 1.5 hrs or so from when I had to leave for work call so I’m sure you are correct!
I’m stunned watching this. Guy is simply not prepared. But it’s the ongoing being schooled by the Judge that has my jaw dropping. The things he is being schooled on are all quite basic too and that makes it even more stunning.
No words.
MOO
Sadly I will never get those nearly 2 hrs back as imo it was a show put on by D list actor who didn’t even pretend to prepare and was baiting the State and the Judge by not following the rules imo.
IMO its a dangerous situation to put the court in as both the State and Judge have to now very actively force Defence Counsel to behave in a way that is in compliance with the rules of the Court and evidence as he is choosing to disregard them all imo. Judge R tried yesterday but Defence Counsel was even ignoring the Judges admonishments which was stunning to see.
Defence Counsel knew PG couldn’t be touched due to the immunity agreement except through perjury and so he proceeded to bait him and trick him and lie to him for hours and hours to get an error. PG was masterfully prepared and did brilliantly under a full frontal but poorly prepared attack that was delivered in a slip shod way imo as it didn’t comply with court rules.
Defence has the right of cross examination but my issue with Defence Counsel and the Court is simply his not following rules. You can do brilliant work for your client by following the rules and then there is what we all witnessed yesterday.
It was sad to watch and I felt badly for PG having to endure his final torment at the hands of MT and Defence Counsel. I think the fact that MT and Defence Counsel together ganged up on PG to take back the bike MT admitted to selling told me everything I needed to know about Defence Counsel and confirmed what all now know about MT as being the, “queen of lying about lies”! I consider both these individuals dangerous as both will do an say anything to get what they want as they simply have no integrity. None.
Yesterday after watching that performance from Defence Counsel I do think that it got to the point where he was actually baiting the Judge. Sadly I think it was all intentional as I think he is just trying for mistrial at this point and making objections for the record for the appeal.
Firstly, he spoke improperly at same time as Atty McGuinnis, then next he spoke over Judge, then he improperly interrupted the Judge and then he disregarded Judges admonishment and continued with the question he had been told to abandon as he was beating a dead horse or I think Judge said “plowed the field”…. And this continued to happen through the rest of the afternoon with just a few objections by the state.
All imo disrespectful to all parties involved as well as to the Court but also against so many rules of conduct. I find this disturbing.
As I’ve said before I think there is no ethical or moral boundary that any of us know here that this particular practitioner would not cross and ditto for his client. This is dangerous to our justice system and dangerous for this case imo too!
It’s gross and disgusting behaviour to watch but it’s happening and the State and the Judge need to be super careful to avoid a mistrial. It’s behaviour from a so called licensed professional imo you would perhaps see in a country without a well developed legal system but sadly we are seeing it live here in CT, Fairfield County.
What I find unfortunate about the entire situation in Court is that choices in how to defend a client always exist. Defence counsel doesn’t have much to work with to defend MT but a professional defence is certainly possible. Sadly, the choice on how to defend MT by Defence Counsel is taking us all down a very dark and slimy path where no respect exists from Defence Counsel either for the process of justice or the Court of which he is supposed to be an Officer of the Court.
Imo make no mistake that attorney Jon Schoenhorn is without scruples and without integrity and imo this makes him dangerous to the process of justice.
IMO Everything being seen is deliberate and with precise intention and I am outraged that it is being allowed.
MOO
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