The Continuing Trial of david_deacon

[farchivist]

And boy howdy, is it continuing.

We need a recap. Let me be frank about what he's in for. I could post the criminal complaint here, but I won't because it contains the minor's name and I won't do that.

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[theweaselking]

.... the handwritten pages do kind of suggest he has a point about "no really my lawyer is a shitbag asshole who is bad at lawyer".

I mean, dude could be 100% guilty on all charges and still, his allegations against his counsel are the kind of thing that are relevant and material to his defense.

Luckily, GOOD lawyers keep records and can refute his claims and can resolve this in short time byt clearly showing he's a liar. Because good lawyers record this kind of thing, especially with a fuckwit client.

And bad lawyers?

Fuck bad lawyers. He is ENTITLED to a good lawyer, and if he got a bad lawyer who can't refute those claims? The bad lawyer DESERVES to be raked over the coals and punished, and for the entire process to restart under a good lawyer. Because "You're entitled to a lawyer who doesn't suck" is just about the only good American thing.

If he had a good lawyer and is lying about lawyer? Luckily, his lawyer will have records to contradict him.

[etcet]

I concur, despite being more aware of what a comprehensive shitbag the defendant is than most. If these are legitimate grievances, his public defender sucks.

I have no wish to see the guy walk, but the 6th Amendment is still actually a thing, gutted and dessicated though it may be.

I have a special spot in my heart for shit lawyers; my ex-girlfriend had a shit lawyer when she sued the woman who hit her while she was walking in a crosswalk, and he lost the fucking case despite the other woman who was struck testifying - seriously, how bad a lawyer do you have to be to have three sets of testimony and two sets of medical records and can't prove "your client hit my client with their fucking car in broad daylight"?

[farchivist]

See response.

[nesmith]

Exactly what I was thinking; lying shitheel he might be, but if even half of those allegations are true this guy needs to be fired because he's not even attempted to do his job.

[farchivist]

See response.

[farchivist]

DD was aware of the charges against him, as he signed to it when he was first offered bond on 12/3/12. The charges were written in nice big letters, "Indecency with a child" and so on. He was read out his charges on that same day in court. This was previous to Mr Bond being appointed as his attorney.

After Mr Bond was appointed as his attorney (1/4/13), Bond issued his own motion requesting that bond be reduced. It was summarily enied on 2/5/13. The grand jury indictment occurred on 2/12/13 - and a copy of that indictment was served to DD in jail by hand via process, complete with an explanation of each of the three charges. Co-signed on the delivery was Mr Bond's signature.

After that, things didn't move until May. What Mr Bond has been doing since then is delaying the trial as much as possible for reasons of discovery....and if I read between the lines, to get a plea deal going with the prosecutor. And DD has been hostile about it

[nesmith]

That sheds a lot more light on it; and I should have figured that taking anything that DD says at face value is buying into bullshit.

[theweaselking]

I fully and entirely agree with your premise that the real problem ACTUALLY IS that DD is a useless shitbag. I've read his posts, and am willing to believe that his real life matched his internet life.

At the same time, his allegations are relevant and, if true, damning. And that's why a competent lawyer will be able to disprove them in approximately zero seconds. And if Mr Bond cannot belie them, then DD has a point about his lawyer being bad at lawyer.

EVEN IF everything he says about his lawyer is a lie, his lawyer should be able to show that he's lying. A lawyer who can't show that he's lying (at least as well as you have) is by definition not competent to present a criminal defense.

And if any of the things he's accusing his lawyer of IS true and/or not disprovable by his lawyer, that's bad shit. Because even useless shitbags are entitled to good representation.

[madra_liath]

Do you mean the time he tried to sue his college because the evil feminist cabal expelled him for merely saying "hello" to someone?

I heard his failure was EPIC.