It sounds like the Defendant (if not also the Judge) is incompetent to such a degree that his lawyer is trying to get leniency on that basis, but the Defendant rejects that possibility and is trying to fire him for pushing it, later citing the issues of discovery.
The fact that the Judge was not aware of the case that this was related to, is somewhat worrying to say the least. I presume that sort of thing is brought up in the docket.
Also, the inability to replace bad counsel is not appealing. It makes me wonder a little if counsel could be slanted against defendants to make things easier for prosecutors, and all that incarceration entails
It’s funny, till you think about it
