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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts)
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 01:59 PM Sep 2017

Bundy wants to fire attorney

By David Ferrara
Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 21, 2017 - 5:24 pm


Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy wants to fire his lawyer less than a month before he is to stand trial on charges related to a 2014 standoff ...

Defense attorney Bret Whipple .. filed court papers Thursday asking for a hearing ...

“Defendant has decided to terminate his contract for representation at this time,” Whipple wrote ...

With a trial set to begin Oct. 10, Whipple said in the filing that Bundy would have to either represent himself or find another lawyer ...

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/bundy-blm/cliven-bundy-wants-to-fire-attorney-just-before-trial/

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struggle4progress

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1. Bundy Firing Lawyer
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 02:00 PM
Sep 2017

Sept. 22, 2017, at 1:10 p.m.

... Whipple says the decision is Bundy's. He says he doesn't know if Bundy has another lawyer or intends to represent himself.

It wasn't immediately clear if the move will affect the trial schedule.

Jury selection is set to start Oct. 10 for Bundy, two sons and four other men ...

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nevada/articles/2017-09-22/cliven-bundy-firing-lawyer-with-trial-approaching-in-vegas

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