KILLER FIRES HIS LAWYER.Byline: Daily News Sentencing was delayed Friday for a Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. man convicted of murdering his neighbor during a bitter feud when the defendant fired his attorney. Christopher Harbridge, 27, asked the court to let attorney Richard Hanawalt take over for James Goldstein James Goldstein is a multi-millionaire "NBA superfan" who attends over one hundred NBA games each season (typically in courtside seats), including approximately 95 percent of home games for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. , who defended him against charges that he gunned down Ron Rowe on Nov. 28. Harbridge had claimed that he acted in self-defense (Law) in protection of self, - it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. - Wharton. See also: Self-defense . Hanawalt said there was a ``total breakdown'' between Harbridge, Goldstein and the defense attorney's investigator. ``If there ever was a case that needed a cooling off period before sentencing, it's this one,'' Hanawalt said. Ventura Superior Court Judge Vincent O'Neill granted the request and set sentencing for June 6. ``I don't like doing this to the victim's family Victim's Family was a hardcore punk band formed in 1984 in Santa Rosa, California by bassist Larry Boothroyd and guitarist and vocalist Ralph Spight. Drummer Devon VrMeer completed the trio. , but the matter has to drag on for a little while longer,'' O'Neill said. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion