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Looks like Berman has had a public defender appointed as representing counsel!
Which means his parole superviser being given scrutiny over his personal finances.
So either he is genuinely broke, or else he is lining up yet another fraud!
The good news is that the public defender will have one eye on the time clock and most likely won't stand for any shenanigans or paltering, e.g. with respect to health status issues and procedural delays.
Anyways.
His fancy lawyers have variously extricated themselves for reasons best known to themselves, ....but you can probably safely bet that this likely wasn't because they felt they had built up a slam dunk defence case, for a compliant and congenial client who was a pleasure to deal with and who paid up in full and on time.
I think the jig is up here!. Berman may have hung himself out to dry!
And as I suggested previously that could certainly explain his current lack of counsel.
Its certainly still possible that his attorneys withdrawal was purely finance related.
But if his attorney became aware of unethical conduct i.e. a blatant attempt to pervert the course of justice, then they would be compelled to withdraw, or else risk implicating themselves in the criminality being perpetrated.
I wonder of this is what has eventuated?
Seems that Corkscrew Berman is more twisted than a plate of spaghetti! But its looking like the DOJ have got him forked, nevretheless!
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Next weeks hearing is shaping up to be a doozy!
And this will all be factored in come sentencing!
I wonder at what point the Judge says enough is enough and decides to revoke his pre-trial release.
Lets see how keen Berman is to defer justice due to ill health then, eh?
Financial circumstances notwithstanding, I suspect this potentially could explain the departure of his erstwhile counsel, as this would clearly meet the 'unethical conduct' test.
Berman going for broke....
Hearing scheduled this Friday!
Expect update on Berman's legal counsel status, as well as his medical status update (needs to produce a doctors note!)
Berman's attendance has been waived at the last couple, but because of the status of counsel, he has been ordered to dial into this video conference in person.
Let's see what happens!
It may be routine.... but given the fact of Berman attending himself (albeit virtually) and possibly without retained counsel, there is at least the possibility/prospect of him potentially attempting to open his big mouth and insert both feet, - despite the inevitable (and legally proper) best efforts of both the court and prosecution counsel to try and protect him from himself!
Popcorn at the ready. This could be a complete non event! or it could be a blast radius event.
We shall find out soon enough!
I guess the outcome may depend on what stage of the Kubler Ross cycle Berman has reached by this juncture!
Interesting. Ascertainment of Counsel Hearing scheduled for 27th January...
I guess we may perhaps learn more about the parting of the ways between Berman and his long time consiglieri Herzog, when that hearing comes to pass.
As things stand Berman has been ordered to attend in person so I guess that may shed some light on the legitimacy of his ill health status.
So will Keith pull a rabbit out of the hat and appoint new retained counsel?
Or is he now potless (or playing at potless) to the extent that he will henceforth be relying on the services of the public defender to try and excuse his shenanigans?
In the latter case I would ultimately expect a change of plea to guilty as the smart move, as I don't see any public defender playing along with trying to pull the type of legal contortions that would be required to keep his sorry ass our of chokey for very much longer. And without such sophistry and procedural delays, he will be banged to rights in fairly short order.
We shall see I guess!
Hey... Berman just got handed a Court backed PERSONAL bill for $333,000 plus interest.
No wriggling. No shirking. And there are no shareholders gonna pay it for him. If he has a property it will be sold..
Which means he either digs down the back of the sofa and forks that money over himself (which is gonna hurt), or else if he will not, or cannot, he will personally be declared bankrupt.
Which means no mortgages, no credit cards, no bank loans of any sort, and limited access to personal banking services.
That's not talk.
That's action. It may not be the end of this saga by any means, but it is a start!
Yo Rawman. Godo to hear from you again.
On consideration, there is a 3rd and 4th possibility:
(iii) Is that is that Herzog has finally got fed up with Berman ignoring his counsel and thereby instructing him in a way makes him look like a clown who is incapable of mounting a credible defence (on the basis that he is trying to defend the indefensible in an impossible bind).
(iv) Is that Herzog has come into possession of information or an admission that has convinced him of Berman's certain LEGAL guilt, and he is therefore unable to full-fill the requisites of a defence counsel where a not-guilty plea has been entered.
In most legal jurisdictions a defence lawyer must believe in the possibility (however slim, or on whatever tenuous legal grounds) of the technical innocence of their client in order to credibly argue in front of a court that they should be acquitted, rather than entering a guilty plea. Could it be that Berman now fails this test with Herzog? (Note there is a difference between 'factual' guilt and 'legal' guilt.). For example, if Berman is asking Herzog to lie under oath on his behalf, that would be enough to sever the ties!
My interest was piqued that Berman parted ways with Herzog (his lawyer) as soon as this judgement came in.
2 possibilities occur.
(i)Berman is Boracic and can no longer afford to retain the services of his long time consigliere.
OR
(ii) Keith may not have been to impressed at his counsel's admission that their reticence to respond to this action was effected with deliberation:
Hearing on the default judgement in the Sanchez vs DECN case imminent!
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29112059/anthony-sanchez-v-decision-diagnostics-corp/