JUDGE TRYING TO FORCE COUNSEL IM PRO SE PRO
I'm a little annoyed with the NDNY federal prosecutor Elizabeth Coombe who willfully put him on the stand knowing that the admission was fabricated, but I think her karmic reward will be to forever be reminded by her colleagues that she was beaten at trial by a pro se defendant.
I feel a little sorry for Muller too - he's an older guy who probably wanted to get a gold star from his bosses - but he didn't count on another police officer exposing him as a liar. Many of them are probably decent people trapped inside a system that demands nothing less than 100 conviction rates and inhumanly long sentences. I mostly feel sorry for the people who work on the grim federal conviction treadmill. The voters of Albany did themselves a disservice and me a huge favor when they voted him out of office and made him available to me. He cares deeply about his clients and goes above and beyond the call of duty. He scares prosecutors because he knows all their tricks and can run circles around them at trial. He is a defense trial attorney par excellence with an encyclopedic mind that dissects cases like a law professor. Paul is my state attorney Paul Clyne, who is the former District Attorney of Albany County.
He has what I call an "uncluttered mind" - lucid and to the point - he brings great clarity to the argument - and is such a pleasure to work with. He signed on without hesitation and threw himself into the case. Clement reviewed the case and immediately recognized the injustice. I was introduced to Clement by a friend's law school professor. Paul Clement, as you reference, is the foremost Supreme Court barrister in the country - like a modern day Clarence Darrow. Well, I was very lucky to have the help of what I call the two St.
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