The hearing on Birdsall's motion was held Friday and was granted. Marie Rohde, reporting for WisPolitics.com, was at the hearing. She indicates that if this was a stalling tactic, it was utterly unsuccessful. However, she does confirm that Russell is having money problems:
“Nothing seems to be moving on this case,” Milwaukee Co. Judge David Hansher said in court Friday morning. “We have a trial date set.”
Hansher said the dates would remain the same even if yet another attorney is hired to take the lead. Earlier, he extended the time for filing motions after Russell’s first criminal defense lawyer, Andrew Franklin, withdrew from the case on March 12, following a closed door hearing in chambers.
Hansher made reference from the bench regarding that hearing, saying that there were problems between the defense lawyers and payments for services.
Hansher agreed to allow David Krueger to take over as lead lawyer in the case, the third person to hold that position since Russell was charged Jan 3. At the same hearing, Hansher agreed to allow John A. Birdsall to step aside as lead defense lawyer.Rohde accurately reports that the trial is slated for June 18. What she did not mention is that the final pretrial hearing is set for June 4 (Entry #14), the day before the recall.

I'm sure that Walker, the self-proclaimed Christian, is praying to St. John (Doe) to prevent that from happening.
Time to start squelling.
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