Criminal
Jul. 8, 2010
Pro Per Defendants Deemed Foolish But Not Incompetent
Two San Francisco Bay Area men who insisted on representing themselves at trial had fools for clients, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found Tuesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Two Bay Area men who insisted on representing themselves at trial had fools for clients, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found Tuesday.
The men, who are not attorneys, acted as their own lawyers in a month-long federal trial over charges they ran a $3 million mortgage relief fraud. After a jury found them guilty and they were slammed with long prison terms, the...
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