Donna Adelson Murder Trial Delayed After Attorney Resigns

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Resumo

TLDRI en retssag i Florida mod Donna Adelon blev der opstået en konflikt, da hendes søn Charlie, som også er indblandet i sagen, nægtede at underskrive en erklæring, der ville tillade deres fælles advokat at afhøre ham. Dette resulterede i, at retssagen blev udskudt. På trods af forberedelserne med potentielle nævninge og vidner, viste det sig, at den juridiske konflikt var for stor til at kunne ignoreres. Dommeren besluttede, at det var nødvendigt at tage et skridt tilbage for at undgå en mulig fremtidig omstødelse af sagen, hvilket vil forsinke processen yderligere. En retsmøde er planlagt til den 15. oktober for at diskutere sagens fremtid. Der blev rejst spørgsmål om, hvorfor problemerne ikke blev løst tidligere, da konflikten var til at forudse.

Conclusões

  • ⚖️ Retssagen mod Donna Adelon er blevet udskudt.
  • 🤝 Der er en interessekonflikt, eftersom Donna og Charlie deler samme advokat.
  • 🧾 Charlie Adelon nægtede at underskrive en erklæring for advokaten.
  • ⏳ Retssagen skulle have været i gang, men blev forsinket.
  • 🕵️ Dommeren insisterer på en konfliktfri forsvar.
  • 📅 En ny dato for retssagen vil blive drøftet den 15. oktober.
  • 🔍 Konflikten kunne have været undgået tidligere.
  • 🔗 Dommeren ønsker ikke, at sagen skal omstødes senere.
  • 👨‍⚖️ Dommerens beslutning var nødvendig for en retfærdig rettergang.
  • 💼 Advokaten trak sig fra sagen efter konflikten.

Linha do tempo

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    Retssagen mod Donna adelon i Florida er blevet forsinket på grund af en interessekonflikt. Charlie adelon, som blev dømt i en tidligere sag, skulle vidne mod sin mor, men der opstod et problem omkring en nødvendigt fraskrivelse, da både Charlie og Donna havde den samme advokat. Charlie nægtede at skrive under på en ny fraskrivelse, hvilket medførte at den nuværende advokat måtte trække sig fra sagen. Staten ønsker at fortsætte, men står nu over for en forsinkelse på grund af denne sag.

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    Advokat Marie Pereira kritiserer retsprocedurens håndtering af konflikter i Donna adelons sag. Retten var klar over konfliktpotentialet fra starten, men tillod alligevel proceduren at fortsætte uden et opdateret frafald. Dommer Everett var opmærksom på konflikten og havde tidligere italesat nødvendigheden af konfliktfri rådgivning, men sagen blev forsinket pga. disse uforudsete problemer med advokatens frafald. Retssagen og valget af jury er nu udsat, og sagen vender tilbage til retten d. 15. oktober for fastsættelse af ny dato.

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Vídeo de perguntas e respostas

  • Hvad skete der i Donna Adelons retssag?

    Retssagen blev udskudt på grund af en interessekonflikt mellem Donna Adelon og hendes søn Charlie, da de deler samme advokat.

  • Hvorfor var der en interessekonflikt i denne sag?

    Donna og hendes søn Charlie har den samme advokat, og Charlie nægtede at give en underskrevet erklæring om at tillade advokaten at afhøre ham.

  • Hvad var dommerens beslutning i denne sag?

    Dommeren besluttede at udskyde retssagen og lade Donna Adelon konsultere en konfliktfri advokat.

  • Hvornår vil der være en ny retssagsdato for Donna Adelon?

    Retten vil mødes igen den 15. oktober for at fastsætte en ny retssagsdato.

  • Hvem er Charlie Adelon?

    Charlie Adelon er Donna Adelons søn, som allerede er dømt skyldig i en tidligere forbrydelse.

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    unfolds we continue forward yes judge M
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    foror you
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    may so judge with the surprise issues of
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    the last couple days um I have asked for
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    my prior client's waiver again and with
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    the change of circumstances he has
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    decided not to give it so let me be
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    clear I have a waiver in the past
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    um it's from December 12th December 13th
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    and an independent lawyer spoke to him
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    as well although did not get a signature
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    on the
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    waiver so we had a
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    waiver we thought we had a waiver we
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    didn't think there was an issue um but
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    given the events of the last two
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    get a new
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    waiver thought that was the right thing
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    to do obviously and the cleanest thing
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    to do and uh I am not able to obtain
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    that waiver at this point so as a result
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    I need to withdraw from the case very
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    well does the state wish to be heard
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    concerning the withdrawal of
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    councel I don't think I have anything
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    appropriate to say on the matter
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    judge you're honor need to do we would
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    like to proceed and I'd ask your honor
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    second chair representing Miss Adon but
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    obviously we're ready for trial and
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    there's a lot at stake Mr Morris are you
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    prepared to move through this trial
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    without Mr R bom judge I didn't enough I
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    tried to think about all the different
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    potential rabbit trails and um the short
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    answer is I do not believe that I am
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    going to be able to be adequately
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    prepared to proceed
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    forward with the present calendar
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    primarily because of the division of
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    labor um in the
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    case um I would move to continue for a
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    brief period of time that's also in
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    speaking with Mr upperman which is an
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    address the
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    objection by Mr adelon would still
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    pertain to my
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    cross-examination and by extension the
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    third party would conduct
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    cross-examination in short I need time
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    to
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    regroup before we finish today today I
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    will have the in camera hearing review
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    concerning whether you have been
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    properly walled off as to the withdrawal
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    of lead councel I am going to permit it
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    the conflict issues are so severe I
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    believe to move forward with the trial
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    Miss Klan M Dugan would Place us in a
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    position where we would end up in a
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    reversal let's go ahead and set a case
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    management date as to all the expense
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    that has been undertaken with moving
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    Witnesses and preparing for trial the
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    state certainly as a part of any cost of
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    prosecution if you are successful May
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    seek those costs as it relates to today
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    as this continuance will be charged to
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    the
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    defendant as to a new date when would
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    the parties like to have a case
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    management I think as soon as possible
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    judge um
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    prepared brainstorm with Miss Kean and
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    Miss dud with the state to be able to
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    get a trial date if if we wanted to do
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    that I don't know if we need additional
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    time Miss Dugan advised that she has a
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    court date October 15th so that would be
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    my
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    suggestion 10:15 at 2:30 will be the
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    follow-up case management to today
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    before we go into recess I am going to
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    conduct the in camera hearing with Mr
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    Morris as to any remaining issue of who
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    should conduct the cross-examination of
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    Charles adelon if called as a witness if
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    the court reporter can meet me in the
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    Jury Room Mr Morris please as
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    well and there you have it Donna Sue
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    adelon is not going to go to trial today
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    the jurors potential jurors are there at
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    the courthouse ready to be selected but
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    this all boils down to a conflict of
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    interests because she hired the same
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    attorney that her son hired before in
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    the case that he lost last year and now
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    Charlie Adon is saying I never signed a
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    waiver saying that this was okay and you
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    can't cross-examine me when I'm on the
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    stand let's bring in criminal defense
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    attorney and former prosecutor Marie
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    Pereira Marie why today why did we wait
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    until this moment after we transported
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    all of these inmates to testify against
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    her to decide this is a bad idea this
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    was foreseeable from day one this
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    conflict and I'll say it again conflict
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    so I don't know why the judge didn't
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    shut it down from day one to make sure
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    all the documents that needed to be
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    signed were signed and all the pre-trial
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    hearings concerning this conflict were
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    dealt with because now I'm mad because I
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    was really looking forward to seeing
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    Donna be on trial the jurors are there
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    this is a situation that could have been
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    handled and the only person like I said
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    I feel should have been on top of it was
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    the judge how did he let something like
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    this happen because it was foreseeable
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    come on the moment I heard same attorney
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    I was like how's that going to happen
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    look at this
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    now he was very he was very um concerned
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    about it he was he asked the parties are
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    you okay with this and they said yes
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    until they didn't and of course they're
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    going to pull this out um at the end of
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    the uh oh judge is back on the bench
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    let's go back
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    in Mrs Adon uh depending if you choose
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    to hire additional counsel or just reset
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    the trial date you'll certainly be able
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    to work with Mr Morris as your attorney
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    and making that
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    decision but the trial is going to be
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    continued from today the jurors will be
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    released this
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    afternoon again as to the inconvenience
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    and delay that this has caused I'm not
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    happy but at the same time we're trying
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    to get this right so we do not have to
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    do it a second time I will speak with
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    the parties again when we have the next
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    case management hearing we are in
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    resos yeah all right buttoning it up
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    there judge um Everett he's he he has
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    such a unique voice and demeanor he
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    really is as you said unflappable calm
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    demeanor throughout the trial but you
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    don't you don't uh mess up inside of
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    that courtroom I experienced that when
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    being there and he's upset in fact he's
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    saying this is on the defense and at the
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    end of the day if the state pursues it
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    they could be on the hook financially uh
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    Marie picking up where uh we left off
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    there where it was foreseeable the the
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    defense indicated that this is no
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    problem no problem no problem repeatedly
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    repeatedly but the what should the judge
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    have done just said for you're not doing
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    this from the beginning uh that this is
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    too much of a conflict it's coming back
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    because we know your client if she loses
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    is going to appeal uh and let's get this
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    off the table is that what you're saying
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    that this never should have been
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    entertained not that it shouldn't be
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    entertained because if all the parties
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    are on board if Charlie's okay with it
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    and there was a waiver maybe the judge
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    before picking the jury should have said
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    let's visit this waiver thing again do
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    you guys have a new waiver maybe he
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    should have insisted on a new waiver
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    being signed
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    because apparently there's an old dusty
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    one and then Charlie is now saying well
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    I signed it before but I'm not I'm not
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    with it that's what's happening here so
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    maybe he should have been more on top of
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    the waiver situation knowing that you
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    know this could be a big conflict even
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    if you you weren't an attorney all our
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    court TV you know Watchers were like wow
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    same attorney I think the Judge could
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    have handled it better because he should
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    have been in charge of tracking the
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    waiver and maybe insisted on bringing
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    him in and maybe even having a pre-trial
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    hearing with him only and him being
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    admonished when I say him Charlie bring
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    him in from prison and say did you you
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    know you know this is what's happening
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    did you sign the waiver do you are you
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    still on board to avoid this happening
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    right now but I think Charlie planned
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    that and he's a con creating a conflict
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    that's what this is I think you're on
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    point about the possibility that they
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    could have brought in the uh inmate at
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    least via video conference we see that
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    sometimes but I do think judge Everett
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    very much wanted to make sure Donna idon
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    was aware of this conflict and in fact
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    let's go back to this morning this is
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    what we've seen judge Everett do for the
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    last 11 months with Donna adelon when it
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    comes to having the same attorney as her
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    son take a
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    listen believe we've done this twice
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    before but given the circumstance and
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    what has now Arisen it is prudent do it
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    once again do you understand that you
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    have the right to Conflict Free
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    counsel I understand meaning
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    specifically as it relates to Mr Rous
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    bomb or any other conflict that may be
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    imputed to Mr Morris or any other third
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    party do you understand that your
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    attorney has to be able to properly
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    cross-examine your son if he is called
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    as a
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    witness yes
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    do you understand how this conflict
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    affects the cross-examination
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    potentially or your overall defense
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    strategy yes have you been able to speak
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    with a conflict-free attorney in making
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    the decision as to whether you wish to
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    wave any conflict on this
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    matter judge um the short answer is
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    going to be no
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    beyond having spoken with me at the
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    Inception of my
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    representation would you like to speak
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    with Conflict Free counsel concerning
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    this
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    issue very well before we finish the cqu
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    on this matter
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    then we will go into recess the
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    defendant will have an opportunity to
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    consult with Conflict Free Council we'll
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    resume this
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    afternoon so Marie what do you think it
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    is because the Adon have Financial
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    Resources to hire other attorneys
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    everyone thought as you mentioned what
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    this was a bad idea because it limits
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    what her defense can be Daniel rbor he's
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    a great attorney I watched him represent
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    Charlie zealously it was an unwinable
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    case but he represented him very well
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    but even being a great attorney in a
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    case that was lost why wouldn't she just
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    want a new attorney from the beginning I
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    mean there's an attachment there that
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    this family has to someone who's been
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    represented presing them since I think
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    2016 even before they were
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    charged maybe she just felt more
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    comfortable with him or maybe it is
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    something that they strategize to cause
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    some type of delay I don't know you
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    don't know with this family but they're
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    sneaky and that might be some nefarious
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    reason but watching the allocution of um
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    the defendant by the judge concerning
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    the conflict they should have done like
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    you said zoomed Charlie in and given him
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    the same opportunity to speak on the
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    possible conflicts and was he okay with
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    attorney client privilege especially he
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    still has those same people representing
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    him for the appeal so the conflict was
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    there this was foreseeable it was
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    avoidable and I don't know how the judge
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    let it go that far without shutting it
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    down because like you guys said he seems
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    very assertive he's on top of it he's
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    not here for it but he really dropped
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    the ball because he's the only one who
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    could have shut it down from the
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    beginning tracked it and then just
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    avoided the delay
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    today yeah there's something about this
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    family just of the course after another
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    but the breaking news is no Donna adelon
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    trial yet and we don't have a new trial
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    date yet no we'll be back in court
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    October 15th and at that point set a new
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    trial date but it will be pushed
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    considerably because um Mr rosom now off
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    of the case
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