Judge A. Howard Matz: "The defendant's personal presence is not necessary, given that he's currently represented by Mr. Nicolaysen."
Nicolaysen: "Thank you so much. Your honor, government counsel tracks my thinking as well. I want to assure the court. We agonized over this. We spent well over an hour on the phone Friday. Spoke again on Saturday anticipating that your honor may very well want some feedback on this very point, so we're not trying to put words into the court's mouth by asking you to make a finding [of a fact] that you didn't make; however --"
Doctor Phil Says: Anything Coming Out Of The Mouth After "However," Negates Everything Before That Word.
Just Keeping It Real.
FOR THE RECORD.
"Counsel have not cited and we have been unable to find a single instance of a criminal hearing conducted in secret in any federal, state, or municipal court during the history of this country. Nor have we found any record of even one such secret criminal trial in England since abolition of the Court of Star Chamber in 1641, and whether that court ever convicted people secretly is in dispute. Summary "status conferences" for findings of "incompetence" have not been regarded as an exception to this universal rule against secret trials."
You don't even have to be there to be judged and examined and "found;" pardon the expression, "incompetent." Wish they could have found a law book instead. Maybe then they would have read it. Or did they? I guess we shall have to agonize over whether they did or did not, "probably."
They just make it look like I was up there, for the record, and Rule 43, by forcing representatives; who refuse to assist, [3mg PDF] and are conflicted, and quacks who pretend to assist. Then disappear.
Like your right to ignore. Did you know you even had that right? Had is correct, ever since Darcy arrived in town. Welcome to the Wild, Wild West.
Crackers, if ya ask me. But remember, "that's not an issue that I have to address and it's not a question I'm required to answer, so I decline to do so."
But if you do ask me, a true question, I promise to answer you back, "promptly." Then we'll be talking. Probably.
