When is Chris' current trial date?
There is no trial scheduled. Chris hasn't even gone to pretrial. His next *hearing* is tomorrow (Feb 3rd 2022). At this hearing they could enact a plea agreement, have another continuance for whatever reason, or schedule a prelim hearing to determine if there is sufficient evidence to go to trial.
(Prelim is like a mini-trial with fast and loose rules where the prosecution has to at least prove that the charges are more plausible than not, this then leads to the trial where the burden of proof grows harder on the prosecution as they must now prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Pretrial saves money and time by having a fast way to test if the case has any merit, giving the judge an opportunity to throw out the case if it's stupid.)
Chris has already had a probable cause hearing for his arraignment on misdemeanor incest charges, so he can go to prelim for that. If he is to be brought up on felony charges, they will have to hold ANOTHER probable cause hearing and then send it to circuit court for the prelim.
More likely, however, we will have a pretrial hearing where a deal is announced and Chris enters his guilty plea.
The fact that it seems that no ween has bothered to ask him shows that weens are almost as useless as Chris
I'm sure some weens have asked and Chris just hasn't responded to them out of spite. Remember, Chris seems to be getting mail from dozens of people, potentially over a hundred. He hasn't stated how many people have mailed him, only that he's approved of 62 of the people who have mailed him (no idea if he's counting individual people or just the total number of letters he's approved of).
Chris has explicitly said that he will not respond to mail that he finds "toxic".
I don't get this mentality. From the Greene County viewpoint, outside of media reporting on this, they haven't been "beset by weens and Ethan Ralph". Sure, some people went to the courthouse and called, but it seemed to be a lot less effort than say, during the Blarms assault.
At arraignment, Consolvo specifically cited the Gunt's presence at the arrest as his reasoning to keep Chris isolated.
What I mean is, if there's an actual trial, it's not going to be some long out, drawn out process where they bring in a ton of experts and try to pin guilt on Chris, while his DUI lawyer "Matlocks" around with surprise evidence and witness.
No, that's not remotely how it's going to go. No, the court isn't going to go: "Well Chris, since you confessed to everything, show no remorse to this felony charge, we're going to give you a misdemeanor plea because... Ethan Ralph? Some weens calling the court house? Now don't you do that again you rascal" and then boot him out on the street thinking that's the end of the problems.
That's where you're wrong. If you have competent defense, this is precisely when you you bring out every possible argument and drag it out as much as possible. Your threat is turning the trial into an ordeal of guerilla warfare for the prosecution, and that threat has no teeth if you don't follow through (otherwise you will have no credibility in future cases).
Heilberg is an experienced trial attorney. His reputation depends on him puling out every possible avenue of defense for his clients. Even if he loses one case, he can show that he's willing to make it an ordeal for the prosecution, thus making them more likely to cut a better plea deal in the future.