Remind me again about how great the US justice system is. I keep forgetting.
IBTG.
“Gotro filed a handwritten motion “
Filing handwritten motions and then not being able to attend the meeting you motioned for ....
Isn’t the gov’t prosecution (claiming to be “The People”) responsible for providing ALL evidence collected, especially any exculpatory material?
“Judge Ralph Strother should be recused from this case,” a supplemental motion filed later by Gotro states. “His comments and his actions have demonstrated he is either unwilling or unable to remain fair and impartial in this case.
“Further, Judge Strother’s blatant bias for the state and equally blatant animus for the defendant and his counsel have reached fever pitch and are so extreme they have resulted in an outright denial of defendant’s rights to counsel, effective assistance of that counsel, due process and due course of law.”
Typical defense lawyer BS. Emotion-driven motions are effective about 2% the time. They sound great in the newspaper, but have little effect on the courts. Used when they know their client is guilty so they hope they can get a delay after delay in hope the public loses interested.
It’s simply, the druggie motorcycle scum are going away big time. It’s only a matter of time.
“When defense counsel was finally able to locate enough independent corroboration proving the evidence existed, the state finally produced the evidence — to include an additional hour of video footage from one police car and nine audio recordings of witness statements — all of which have been in the exclusive possession of the state for two and a half years and all of which are now known to be favorable to the defense,” the motion states.
“Judge Strother has failed to make a single inquiry of the state regarding this material and favorable evidence,” according to the motion. “Rather he continues to blindly accept the state’s illogical and preposterous excuses.”
This is simply outrageous! Strother, Billy Bob, and Reyna should all be prosecuted.
I don’t know much about this case. I sure sounds like a lot of clever lawyer tricks are being used to muddy the case and delay a hearing. I haven’t heard what Strother did or said though, to make the defendants want him off the case so bad.
Kicking the can down the road again. Headshake.