Between 11 a.m. and 1:30, Cory Fisher's attorney discovered a conflict, preliminary delayed again, Marsden hearing scheduled next week

Cory Fisher's present attorney Joe Judge  told Judge Dale Reinholtsen he had a conflict today.  Nothing was said about this in the morning. So what happened between 11 a.m. and 1:30 today?

Mr. Judge has had this case since March 2018. The case was confirmed on 6/14 at intervention. No new discovery was given this morning. So what is this conflict of representing a prior witness that Mr. Judge and Conflict Counsel suddenly discovered during two and half hours today?

Mr. Judge's colleague Mr. David Lee was appointed to represent Fisher, last minute. Mr. Lee just got this case and could  not be prepared to represent Fisher today.

There have been several different attorneys on Fisher's case due to the David Marcus Public Defender fiasco. Conflict Counsel was appointed. The preliminary hearing has been delayed many times.

Fisher has requested a Marsden hearing and wants the court to appoint a private attorney to prevent these delays from happening. That hearing is scheduled for next Friday at 8:30 in Courtroom 3.

Law enforcement, the District Attorney's office, other witnesses just sat around since 9 a.m. this morning to be blindsided by a last minute announcement. This case requires prep to make a courtroom available.

After the Marsden issue is decided, a preliminary hearing will be reset.

Mr. Lee's made remarks the on the record but attorneys, the Judge and Fisher were in a closed courtroom for half hour.

"My client has concerns about representation he has received," said Mr. Lee. "Some of those concerns have nothing to do with our office."

"He is asking our office step aside and private counsel be appointed," said Mr. Lee. "My client is frustrated it is not going forward but he wants it done right."

"The people are ready to proceed," said Deputy District Attorney Stacey Eads. Realizing that the Court would grant the motion to continue and request for Marsden, Ms. Eads  requested the setting of the preliminary not be delayed beyond a week. "This matter is aging rapidly."

Ms. Eads starts jury selection for a lengthy jury trial next week. She has other jury trials, including the Marci Kitchen jury trial coming up and other cases. Rescheduling a preliminary which could take 4 hours or longer is not simply a matter of switching dates.

Related post:

https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2018/03/i-have-had-six-different-attorneys.html?m=1
(this is what Cory Fisher said when Joe Judge was appointed)

Earlier post:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2018/06/epd-senior-detective-ron-harpham-and.html?m=1