95% the first day or two, maybe. By the third day it's up to 98%.
I don't know if Tanner hates Jim -- that seems strong, based on the
evidence I've seen -- but it's more like he doesn't take Bell or his
lawyer seriously at all.
Bell is more interested in making points against the government than
putting on a defense, and is (a bad move) trying to be his own lawyer.
He apparently believes he will win; he is almost certainly mistaken.
-Declan
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:59:28AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:23:33 -0400, Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think that's a fair description of Day I. By Day II, though, Leen
> > seemed to miss some obvious (to me) technical questions that could be
> > raised on cross. I also had the change to watch him more closely, and
> he
> > seems to be doing a perfunctory job. He's almost communicating to the
> jury
> > (and clearly communicating to the judge) that he believes his client is
> > guilty but has the right to a trial.
>
> Over 95% of the objections that Jim's attorney has raised over the last
> 2 days have been overruled, where almost every one of the objections that
> the D.A. has raised have been sustained. It's pretty obvious that Judge
> Tanner hates Jim--partly because Jim hasn't shown the proper decorous respect
> to the judge--and Jim's attorney is fighting that as well as the prosecution.
> By yesterday afternoon, he looked totally demoralized.
>
> One of the people in the court who was reasonably friendly to Jim pointed
> out to him yesterday that instead of trying to prove a point, Jim should
> have spent his time trying to win his case. Leen has to deal with a client
> who is at least partly committed to a crusade.
>
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