In Jan 6 Case Guy Reffitt
Speedy Trial Rights Waived By Lawyer Without
His Consent
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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FEDERAL COURT,
Oct 25 --
On October
25,
months
after the DC
Circuit's
decision in US
v. Munchel, DDC Judge Dabney
L. Friedrich
had before
here the case
her Capitol
breach
defendant Guy
Reffitt - but
not
Reffitt
himself, even
as his Speed
Trial rights
were being waived. Inner
City Press live
tweeted it here
(podcast here)
Judge
Dabney L.
Friedrich: Do
we have Mr.
Reffitt?
A: No.
Judge
Friedrich: I
set this
conference to
discuss a
trial date.
Counsel:
How about
February 2022?
Judge
Friedrich: I
have another
trial set for
Feb 7. I don't
know if that's
going to go.
This defendant
has been
locked up
longer. How
about Feb 28?
Counsel: That
should be
fine, Your
Honor.
Judge
Friedrich: How
about the US?
Assistant US
Attorney:
There's a
February
spring break
in DC schools.
Judge
Friedrich:
That's an
early spring
break.
Judge
Friedrich: Has
defense
counsel spoken
with Mr.
Reffitt about
the need for
delay due to
new discovery?
Defense
counsel: Yes,
and he's not
happy with it.
Judge
Friedrich: I
had wanted him
present but it
wasn't
possible. And
I think I'm
going to
cancel
November 3.
Why not
November 9 at
10 am? Defense
counsel: I
would always
like more
time. An
additional
week.
Judge
Friedrich:
What is your
availability
week of Nov
22? I bet it's
pretty good
given you
thought we'd
be on trial.
So Nov 19 at
10 am, we're
vacating both
Nov 3 and Nov
9 conferences.
[So, more
delay due to
new discovery
material.]
AUSA: There is
more coming.
AUSA:
There's more
on the
Relativity
database. If
defense
counsel wants
access to it,
we ought not
to be setting
a trial date
in February.
We have
witnessed who
work at the
Senate and in
the Secret
Service.
AUSA:
We also have
FBI files not
only from DC
but also from
Texas,
multiple
places in
Texas. Judge
Friedrich: We
do need to
think this
through. Maybe
this trial
date should
not be set.
How much time?
Defense
lawyer: Let's
not set it
today. I'll
talk to Mr.
Reffitt
Judge
Friedrich: I
not going to
set anything
until we meet
on Nov.
19.
AUSA: Maybe
Mr. Reffitt
and his
counsel, there
seems to be
some
disagreement,
should speak
with your
Honor ex
parte?
Defense: If we
do it at all
it should be
ex parte.
Assistant
US Attorney:
The defense
counsel has
the right
without his
client's
consent to
waive Speedy
Trial Act time
Eagle eyed
readers like this
one
pointed out
the distinction
between speedy
trial rights
under the
Constitution
and the Speedy
Trial Act,
which they say the
defense lawyer
can waive
without the
defendant's
consent.
But isn't
that a ground
to fire the
lawyer, even a
publicly
funded one? Or
would that just
lead to more
delay?
Inner
City Press
previously published
a song
about Reffitt,
here.
Inner
City Press
live tweeted
Riley June
Williams on
January 25, here.
From January
22, song here:
Thread here.
Inner City
Press' John Earle Sullivan
song on SoundCloud here.
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