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Footnote 2 on page 3 has a great summary of NPs lies:
“2 For instance, a New York Post article dated June 22, 2019 quoted defense counsel, Attorney Norm Pattis, as follows: (1) the defendant's wife "had a 'troubled past' and 'struggled with heroin her whole life'"; (2) the defendant's wife '"had a relationship with a person who would import heroin from Cambodia' prior to dating" the defendant; (3) the defendant's wife "once disappeared from New York and 'lived for years under a false name' after an 'intrafamilial dispute about money'"; (4) the defendant's wife "had 'severe psychiatric
problems,' was on anti-depressants, and 'a custody study was prepared to give [the defendant] unsupervised access to the children"; and (5) the defendant "received a $14,000 bill in April for unknown blood work [his wife] had done." Def.'s Appendix, p. A128. Additionally, in a WFSB article dated June 14, 2019, defense counsel was quoted as follows: "'My understanding is that [codefendant Michelle Troconis] has taken a polygraph exam and the question of whether she had any knowledge of any foul play or disposal of evidence, and she satisfied police in that polygraph exam, and she provided an alibi. .. .'" Id., A142. During the hearing, the state disputed the accuracy of defense counsel's statements regarding a polygraph. T. 8/9/19, p. 19.”
Absolutely agree with you here!
What I find so stunning after reading Atty. P. motion is that anyone giving his motion a careful read (separating TRUE FROM FALSE STATEMENTS) gets a good laugh because IMO the only thing he does well is to explain precisely the Judge Blawie 'gag order' is so desperately needed in the case!
I took your list and added T/F boxes:
(1) the defendant's wife "had a 'troubled past' and 'struggled with heroin her whole life'"; FALSE - NO PROOF EXISTS TO SUPPORT THIS ASSERTION - WILD SPECULATION
(2) the defendant's wife '"had a relationship with a person who would import heroin from Cambodia' prior to dating" the defendant; FALSE - NO PROOF EXISTS TO SUPPORT THIS ASSERTION - WILD SPECULATION
(3) the defendant's wife "once disappeared from New York and 'lived for years under a false name' after an 'intrafamilial dispute about money'"; JD IS BELIEVED TO HAVE USED A PSEUDONYM FOR PROFESSIONAL WRITING PURPOSES BUT IMO NO EVIDENCE IN PUBLIC DOMAIN EXISTS TO SUPPORT STATEMENT MADE BY Atty. P. - WILD SPECULATION
(4) the defendant's wife "had 'severe psychiatric problems,' was on anti-depressants, and 'a custody study was prepared to give [the defendant] unsupervised access to the children"; FALSE - Atty. P. IS DRAWING CONCLUSION AS TO MENTAL STATE AND WELL BEING OF JF WITH ZERO EVIDENCE. FURTHER WE AGAIN SEE THE REFERENCE TO THE SEALED PSYCH REPORT WHICH Atty. P. HAS BEEN BARRED FROM REFERENCING OR DISCUSSING BY JUDGE HELLER IN FAMILY COURT AND WHAT DOES Atty. P. DO? HE TURNS AROUND AND REFERS TO IT IN HIS APPELLATE MOTION. IMO UNBELIEVABLE. I AM SURPRISED THAT JUDGE HELLER HASN'T ENTER THE FRAY TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE MOTION STRICKEN AS IT VIOLATES HER PRIOR ORDER ON THIS TOPIC. WILD SPECULATION
(5) the defendant "received a $14,000 bill in April for unknown blood work [his wife] had done." UNKNOWN IMO - Atty. P. HAS NEVER SHOWN ANY DOCUMENT TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM IMO, JUST EXTENSIVE WORD SALAD IN COURT AS PART OF A WIDER FISHING EXPEDITION WHERE JUDGE BLAWIE DENIED THE MOTION FROM Atty. P. WILD SPECULATION
(6) "'My understanding is that [codefendant Michelle Troconis] has taken a polygraph exam and the question of whether she had any knowledge of any foul play or disposal of evidence, and she satisfied police in that polygraph exam, and she provided an alibi. .. .'" Id., A142. During the hearing, the state disputed the accuracy of defense counsel's statements regarding a polygraph. T. 8/9/19, p. 19.” FALSE PER ATTY COLANGELO
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I guess I have any number of issues with Atty. P. but the most fundamental is that he has at a most basic level demonstrated an inability to simply tell the truth and follow basic court procedures. Surely a defense atty can represent their client while telling the truth?
Nope, not Atty. P. it seems and its been painful to watch what he has been allowed by the CT Courts to do and say to missing mother of 5, Jennifer Dulos.
How does a justice system work if participants in a case require full time fact checkers? I've never seen so many untruths contained in motions submitted to the Judge and I am still baffled by Judge Blawie not standing up for minimum standards with regards to statements that can and cannot be made in court as some of the 'whoppers' made by Atty. P. truly have been stunning IMO.
Atty. P. seems to be a perfect 'match' for his client FD IMO as Judge Heller said on the record in her courtroom that FD had no issues lying on the record. Not sure how the system works if folks are not telling the truth in Court? I guess having a convenient grasp of the truth isn't penalised by the CT Courts which IMO is sad.
We have seen Atty. P. 'excused' from Family Court for his role in the stolen psych exam (which he yet again talks about the 'gag order' appeal motion), talking over and belittling Atty Colangelo in open court, arguing and talking over Judge Blawie on multiple occasions, and submitting frivolous motions (motion to dismiss just one example) that are simply a waste of the Court's time. This all is in addition to his highly unprofessional treatment of the Press with his infamous "Shame on You" commentary that has happened twice, oddly enough both to female reporters who were simply doing their job IMO.
The only way I can accurately characterise him is as a 'rogue actor' in this tragic case. His behaviour and statements have been found IMO to be False, Misleading, Fabricated and more often than not read like something from the National Enquirer rather than statements from an Officer of the Court. In fact reading through his motion again today to me it all sadly reads like someone setting up a case for 'inadequate representation' of a client rather that even aggressive defense representation. This is sad if true as without solid defense representation the US system of justice simply doesn't work.
MOO
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