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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pages of unfounded speculation and ignorant musings on the nature of criminal defense practice, when the answer is clear from the publicly known facts: [b]He was unable to pay for a private defense attorney, and so one was appointed for him by the state.[/b] His prior attorney has an ethical obligation not to damage his case, despite his inability to pay, hence the statement that the client is not guilty. The public defenders are likely extremely capable lawyers. They handle the large majority of murder cases, and capital cases get special resources within the office.  [/quote]

Thank you!  Public defender = not able to pay.  That’s it, nothing to see here.[/quote]

The PD calculation is based on his own income and not his family money.  It's also possible they think the PD would be able to get him to take a plea better, sometimes PDs are really good at this.

The other thing to understand is the competency to stand trial motion is extremely common and literally any attorney can do it.  This is absolutely textbook for this kind of case and there are plenty of available state experts to evaluate him.

There are actually two stages on mental health to consider here, whether he's competent to stand trial and then whether his mental health was such at the time of the crime that he basically wasn't culpable for his actions (this is a vast oversimplification).  The first is considered well before the second.

Like most criminal cases chances are very very good this will never go to trial.[/quote]

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