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RockRaven

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12. No. They are trying to work within the demands of their lunatic client

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2024, 07:45 PM

May 14

so of course they will be doing a suboptimal job.

And I'm pretty sure that an ineffective counsel appeal would not delay or prevent sentencing or incarceration, so he would be making such an appeal from prison (if he actually got sentenced to prison, that is).

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Is Defense Team Scumpf blowing it on purpose in NYC? [View all] Kid Berwyn May 14 OP

I really believe they/he thinks if there isnt a trumper on the jury, i.e. he is found guilty Eliot Rosewater May 14 #1

He will lose voters. onecaliberal May 14 #4

That is a frightening possibility. Kid Berwyn May 14 #5

Thanks...and I just heard CBS is reporting election deniers are taking over election boards. He doesnt need to get more Eliot Rosewater May 14 #9

Would explain why Trump isn't spending much money on his ground game. Irish_Dem May 14 #15

defendant plotting again? DoBW May 14 #2

Its not the Judge's job to "offer" opportunities to testify. brooklynite May 14 #7

i got you DoBW May 14 #17

Oh lord...they're gonna write stage plays about that testimony jmowreader May 14 #8

Maybe "plotting" is too smart a word. Kid Berwyn May 14 #11

It's not up to the judge to give Trump an opportunity to testify. Ocelot II May 14 #14

I don't think so jmowreader May 14 #3

The People of NY do have law, facts and table pounding on their side. Kid Berwyn May 14 #18

This keeps getting asked and the answer is the same: "no". brooklynite May 14 #6

Not even close dpibel May 14 #19

Sorry if it's been asked. Kid Berwyn May 15 #21

Nothing they have done so far rises to the level of ineffective assistance of counsel. Ms. Toad May 14 #10

Time is my point. Kid Berwyn May 15 #22

It doesn't gain him any time (which I addressed). Ms. Toad May 15 #23

No. They are trying to work within the demands of their lunatic client RockRaven May 14 #12

Trump claimed Mueller report "exonerated" him. Kid Berwyn May 15 #26

No, but the lawyers are taking their marching orders from their client, Ocelot II May 14 #13

Thanks! Kid Berwyn May 15 #27

Legal malpractice is a civil tort claim, not a basis for appealing a criminal conviction. Ocelot II May 14 #16

+1 Kaleva May 15 #20

Thank you for the legal details, too. Kid Berwyn May 15 #29

i just posed a question and i just got trounced by some of u AllaN01Bear May 15 #24

Weird, isn't it? Kid Berwyn May 15 #25

I wouldn't say "on purpose", but as with the election, they expect to lose first and win the aftermath unblock May 15 #28

The Defendant is really good at seeing things from what's good for the Defendant. Kid Berwyn May 15 #30