“Has anyone said that if you have an attorney, it’s going to be bad for you in some way?” Swaim asked.
Moss paused for nearly a minute. After he told her that he hadn’t, Moss wiped his eyes several times and his hands began to shake as he was asked to sign that he’d been advised before he waived his right to counsel."
Wow.
That's terrifying and sad. I know Moss (allegedly) 'made his own bed' and all that - but just thinking about anyone being effectively threatened into not getting a lawyer - on a murder charge - wow.
That was such an odd exchange. I guess that the court has to go by what the defendant says out loud and what they sign. But the non-verbals seemed to say a whole lot more. Maybe he was being intentionally misleading with that? Maybe not.
Wow.
“Has anyone said that if you have an attorney, it’s going to be bad for you in some way?” Swaim asked.
Moss paused for nearly a minute. After he told her that he hadn’t, Moss wiped his eyes several times and his hands began to shake as he was asked to sign that he’d been advised before he waived his right to counsel."
Wow.
That's terrifying and sad. I know Moss (allegedly) 'made his own bed' and all that - but just thinking about anyone being effectively threatened into not getting a lawyer - on a murder charge - wow.
That was such an odd exchange. I guess that the court has to go by what the defendant says out loud and what they sign. But the non-verbals seemed to say a whole lot more. Maybe he was being intentionally misleading with that? Maybe not.