The Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas has just arbitrarily and capriciously REDEFINED what constitutes an implied or actual attorney-client relationship in disqualifying attorney Demetrius Fannick from defending Bryan Kocis murder co-defendant Harlow Cuadra.
It's a sad day for Pennsylvania jurisprudence that we hope will be overturned on appeal.
Now conflict counsel Stephen Menn, Michael Senape and Paul Galante will resume their roles as Cuadra's attorneys - which opens a whole new can of worms.
This case and its background and antecedents is weirder than any movie or soap opera - but there are lives at stake and a life lost. Hopefully the appellate court will reverse this ruling, which in our view sets a very dangerous precedent by allowing a court and prosecutors to essentially play both ends against the middle - while arguably jeapordizing the defendant's right to competent and timely counsel.
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