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Federal DP case standby counsel denied withdrawal

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Standby defense counsel in a federal death penalty case ordered to stay on after their motion to withdraw denied. See AP: Judge tells Idaho killer's standby counsel to stay: Lawyers serving as standby counsel for a man who murdered a family to kidnap and sexually abuse two children asked to withdraw from the sentencing phase of his federal case on Wednesday, but the judge refused. The attorneys said they could not ethically continue as standby counsel for Joseph Edward Duncan III, who is representing himself, because he apparently intends to base his defense on an irrational and incomprehensible world view. "We are not mouthpieces, we are not gunslingers ... that do the bidding of someone whose rationale we do not share and whose view of the world" is irrational, said Judy Clarke, one of Duncan's standby counsel...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on August 08, 2008 (boomark / email).