Why is this allowed? Any "proof" he has of anything should have been presented at trial, not written in a cryptic letter afterward.
Henry Dinkins, charged with killing 10-year-old Breasia Terrell, has written Judge Henry Latham a letter, just days ahead of his hearing date for a verdict in the trial against him.
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Dinkins writes letter to judge ahead of verdict hearing
Henry Dinkins, charged with killing 10-year-old
Breasia Terrell, has written Judge Henry Latham a letter, just days ahead of his hearing date for a verdict in the trial against him.
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Dinkins has a lawyer, is he saying even if this was true that his lawyer did nothing about this? Apparently he has a jailhouse lawyer as well or has time in the law library. Is he now representing himself and has he fired his lawyer whose job it is to do this if anything is/was seriously done wrong? Did he copy in the prosecution because let me tell you people get slapped by judges who think they can contact the judge when represented and even if not represented, you file with the clerk, did he do so, also providing a copy to the other side? He likes to talk procedure, did he follow procedure? Not that it likely matters or will matter.
To your remark, I'd say he isn't "allowed" to do this, he can do it, so can you, so can I. Any of us can write any stupid letter we'd want to to anyone we'd want to. Doesn't mean it is wise, doesn't mean it is legal, doesn't mean it won't get one in trouble or will or will not make a difference. We can, as can he, write to the president, the judge in this case or even to Putin in Russia if we so wish. We can also write to Santa and the Tooth Fairy.
Letecia Stauch wrote plenty to her judge about peanut butter, her constitutional rights and most of all, alleging how educated and smart she is, etc.
I'd say take it with a grain of salt and all that really matters is IF anything was seriously done wrong or rights violated and discovery rules violated. And again that's the job of his lawyer, not him. So I'd guess he should start with ineffective counsel or be insisting his own attorney file something about this if there is any truth to it. Or was it already addressed in which case it has been. Is he asking his attorney be fired? Doesn't seem so. Then he shouldn't be speaking and he is doing so outside the representation of his attorney and he sure should not be contacting the judge directly but there is nothing that stops it either, like I said anyone can write to anyone but it doesn't mean it will fly or do any good.
It's clearly a desperate measure by a desperate man who cared less about the life of a young girl but cares about his own freedom. It seems like it could be a jailhouse lawyer move and he likely has one. If discovery rules were not followed and corruption or some such went on, of course it would matter I'd think but again that's the job of his attorney and again, did he fire his attorney or is he claiming his attorney did nothing about this? Nothing is said as to that...
One thing one CAN count on is anything received and read by a judge IS going to be seen by the other side, hence this being published, etc. and filed. At least it is SUPPOSED to go that way, no private communications. Just as Letecia's letters were filed and became public.
Of course he sends this prior to verdict.
If this gets touched on or included at verdict and sentencing at all, the most I can see is a statement that such needs to be taken up by his attorney OR he can't represent himself when represented and he first has to decide that. I certainly don't know but that's my best guess.
So many cases, so many years, so little time BUT didn't he at one point in this process represent himself, or ask to, want to or at least change public defenders and teams and complain in that regard back when? I am pretty sure he did.
Finally, how does he know half this sh*t was not provided? Does his attorney have it and just didn't get the chance or do his job telling Dinkins it was all received? Or is it all b.s. Either way, it again goes back to it is his attorney's job to do something about it and he should be telling his attorney to do so or if all discovery was received to show him that it was. Or he should be claiming ineffective counsel and firing his atty/asking to, etc.
I would HOPE the prosecution followed the law/rules because this man killed this child. Even IF they didn't, however, this letter I wouldn't think should make one difference at verdict, etc. as again it was and is up to his attorney to do something about it if it is the case. It's all about procedure and it isn't about "I didn't do it" but it is procedure that can cause issues when there isn't much to show you are innocent. Hence Alex Murdaugh and the recent attempts, all about jury tampering, not about he didn't do it.
It isn't very good but the laws and procedures mentioned do matter if violated. He says I showed this previously and I can show this if allowed, etc. and again he is represented, does he mean "we" showed this (the defense)...
He or his jailhouse attorney did not get an A in high school or even junior high grammar.
All this said, he should get a fair trial AND he chose to go with a bench trial where there is one decision maker, the judge. The very person he is writing. The judge just heard this very trial and throughout the years allowed or disallowed evidence and probably enforced discovery, etc. Is he saying the judge failed to do his job? Or that he (Dinkins) didn't know they didn't have all this discovery until seeing what the prosecution showed at trial? Again, if so, that's his attorney's job to do so and he should be talking to him.
This is all my best guess. I sure don't know.
I do NOT see it making a difference before this impending verdict and sentencing. I think it likely IF any substance to be something that will have to be taken up after and BY his attorney, NOT by him. Or he again needs to fire his attorney first...
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