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Murder defendant slips restraints in court, stabs his lawyer with pen. All good, attorney says (www.latimes.com)

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[–] Katana314 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IANAL, but: It circles back to the right to fair representation.

Say he's convicted, but at a later court, claims "After my totally involuntary psychotic episode, now verified by multiple behavioral psychologists, my lawyer held my unintentional actions against me and did a demonstrably poor job in the remainder of the case. I deserve the right to a fair trial."

That COULD be enough to get the case declared a mistrial and re-scheduled.

[–] johannesvanderwhales 2 points 9 months ago

But there's also a billion reasons you can make an appeal. Most of which have nothing to do with that. Also, being able to make an appeal is a low bar. Most criminal convictions can be appealed...the chance of that appeal overturning the conviction remains low.