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Can you fire a court appointed lawyer? Legit question.
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Can you fire a court appointed lawyer? Legit question.
Is it really even that far out of the question? She’s balls deep in this mess and is the whistleblower with the bulk of the receipts. If they use any of it, it only seems like basic due diligence to vet the source.That would be a sight, Chris would spergout like no other autist considering how he talks about Bella in the Jail Letters.
Chris is not on his first strike. Unless I'm mistaken, the assault on Snyder was wobbled down to a misdemeanor, and I don't believe that the Gamestop macing was a "malicious wounding or malicious felony assault."That’s not even the tip of the iceberg: Chris is in a three strike state, and seeing has this is his third strike, his punishment will be much harsher than if this wasn’t. Even if Chris were to miraculously worm his way out of this, his tugboat will be gone, his house likely will be condemned or foreclosed in under a year, and he’ll still be completely unemployable. In short, he’s completely fucked, and it’s best that he’s put in a psych ward. Worst case scenario for prison: he’s put in genpop and will be killed within a few months or weeks. Even his best case scenario just has him being delusional in psych ward (which will get worse when barb kicks the bucket)
In any event I suppose Chris would have to file a habeus petition for release, and the grand jury will definitely indict before that would be addressed.By the time they got a judge to order Chris be released, the grand jury will have already met. Again, I could be talking about my ass, but the mere fact that they filed for indictment should satisfy the conditions. It would only become an issue if for some reason the grand jury failed to return a timely indictment.
So far, The case was sent to the grand jury what that does NOT mean:I'm still trying to get a handle on the situation so I can make sure that what I put in it isn't bullshit. Please be patient.
So by Tuesday we'll know what Chris' fate will be, eh?So far, The case was sent to the grand jury what that does NOT mean:
Chris is not going before a trial jury, despite the name. It simply means that on august 2nd sometime after 9 am a jury will meet to go over court dockets including chris's in order to decide if the case should be moved to circuit court and chris slapped with felony charges. It's a long shot but if by some chance they vote no on it then the case is kept as misdemeanor charges and chris is released since he can't be held longer than august 1st.
They most likely are the old charges, just upgraded.The wait to see what the new charges are is killing me. God damnit
If true then he’s one lucky bastard. Well, considering the situationChris is not on his first strike. Unless I'm mistaken, the assault on Snyder was wobbled down to a misdemeanor, and I don't believe that the Gamestop macing was a "malicious wounding or malicious felony assault."
If either of those qualified as strikes, he could be eligible for enhanced penalties under VA's two strikes law if they are going for felony rape.
Honestly him sending longer behind bars, however long that may be probably doesn’t seem too terrible for him in the grand scheme of things, he’s completely wrapped himself up into his own impenetrable wall of delusion, people seem to forget he was ‘brave’ enough to literally fuck his mom. I don’t think anything phases him at this point. I see him completely relapsing into his own world even if he gets the worst possible ending and they add additional charges if he fucks up with his foot on the finish line. If you’ve ever seen the ending of Terry Gilliams Brazil I think that’s how Chris’s story will end.Technically he has four days left of the maximum sentence, and the judge could deduct the time he spent in a mental hospital. But if Chris took a plea bargain, its likely the judge will ignore the other four days as it would be too much effort and cost too much money to get Chris booked into state prison for less than a week.
Of course if Chris makes a fool of himself or the charges get upgraded, he could be spending even longer behind bars.
This is a guy with a history of things going over his head, and him not processing things clearly. I don't think Chris will realize anything, just go into more unhealthy coping.Oh to be a fly on that wall when Chris realizes that he is in waaay deeper shit than ever, even more than last year.
Could a plea bargain still be a possibility under these circumstances, or has that ship sailed?Unless he presents a good reason to be replaced, Heilberg will still be Chris' attorney.
I don't think that's necessary. By the time they got a judge to order Chris be released, the grand jury will have already met. Again, I could be talking about my ass, but the mere fact that they filed for indictment should satisfy the conditions. It would only become an issue if for some reason the grand jury failed to return a timely indictment.
This is more of a common law and due process issue rather than exact deadlines specified in statute. I spent quite a while researching this, but in every case I've found (outside of Mississippi), when the issue was brought to a judge, the prosecution was ordered to either release the defendant or immediately submit the case for indictment, with the person remaining in jail in the latter case, rather than being freed and then rearrested.
I'm still trying to get a handle on the situation so I can make sure that what I put in it isn't bullshit. Please be patient.