Yeah, see what I mean? That isn't the same article I'd read but the info comes across as though there's only one trial.
Anyway, I think consider myself to have a reasonable amount of patience but in cases where it's delay after delay after delay it's run out!
Seriously, what I see more and more often is that pretrial this and that mostly amounts to nothing but bs from a defense with a guilty client.
Totally agree and this one hasn't even been years on end yet, only less than six months. I make a point in cases with delay after delays to point them out and bit*h about it.
It's sickening and disgusting. I'm normally patient too but not when it comes to repeated delays with justice. I also agree it's generally when it's a guilty client who won't admit guilt and it's all delay, delay, delay, often over nothing. Of course they file every ridiculous motion they can come up with BUT often it's just a "conflict" of schedule. For that one, I think attorneys should have to prove they have a REAL conflict. I've been told BY attorneys that's an easy out and is usually granted and their word is taken for it, at least usually...
I have seen a judge or two in cases insist an attorney change the other case if there really is one. Meaning if a murder trial has been scheduled and the atty just has a hearing on a smaller case in another county, the judge inquires, finds out what it is, and then tells them to change THAT hearing... Or something on that order, not sure if I've seen it with trial but I mean just where it's a bigger case and things or hearings have been delayed too often.
Of course a common one is there's too much discovery to go through. They need more time, then more time, then more time.
I also get angry at times when the prosecution just goes along with a delay way too easily. ONCE maybe out of courtesy and granting some time for reviewing discovery. SOmetimes though rarely they are all too eager to go along with delays. Thankfully rarely because it is a very bad look for prosecutors to want delays.
Our courts are way too inefficient. They don't roll along like a well oiled machine at all, they have NO OIL. Motions, delays and later appeals are way out of hand. And a court rarely fills that suddenly open calendar either.
This one though? It's hardly gotten started... IT's "new" yet...
And whether it's one trial or two, I still have no idea either. I seriously doubt though that either one or two will go off this year even. It would be almost unheard of if he is fighting it. have they demanded speedy trial? I can't recall but don't think so.
