That was a dumb move by the defense attorney. I’m hoping there was an insurance company involved in this. If not, then maybe the attorney’s E&O carrier will pick up the tab. You don’t do something like this unless you have knowledge to a certainty that the jury is leaning in your direction.
Obviously they weren’t even close on that assumption.
Why would the defense attorney agree to having his client lose when he didn’t have to do that?
That makes zero sense unless there is some backroom deal that favors his client. Makes zero sense to me.