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RICK FREEDMAN ON THE BUTCHKO BLOW-UP

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Rick Freedman decided to straighten us out about the Judge Butchko issue. (yawn)Rump:Technical foul on you for not getting all the facts before commenting. I was there and it went something like this:This was Judge Butchko's finest hour on the bench and she deserves nothing but praise for the lengthy hearing held in her courtroom on Friday.Over the course of 2 1/2 hours, she heard from the State (Penny Brill); the PD (John Morrison); Regional Counsel's Office (Richard Joyce); the Justice Administrative Commission (General Counsel Stephen Presnell); the proposed "wheel" attorney to be assigned the case (Michael Petit); and me as a "Friend of the Court" and on behalf of the FACDL.The Judge was concerned that the 6th Amendment to the US Constitution was being violated as it related to the particular defendant in this case and it was going to continue to happen in many other cases coming down the pipe...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on April 26, 2009 (boomark / email).