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Old 15th February 2019, 10:14 AM   #948
Henri McPhee
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Originally Posted by byn63 View Post
The time to bring forth arguments about what was or was not allowed pre-trial would have been in the initial appeal and inmate would have needed (I believe) to claim ineffective counsel. (might have had a point there)
MacDonald did try once to claim ineffective counsel, but Judge Dupree just replied in a legal document that he thought Segal was an astute lawyer, even though both Dupree and Murtagh had out-tricked Segal.

Personally, I think Gary Bostwick was MacDonald's best lawyer in the Joe McGinniss case. He was more of an aggressive criminal attorney, even though he is basically a civil lawyer, and he would have kicked up more of a fuss about the withheld forensic evidence. It would still probably have led nowhere.

MacDonald lawyer, the late Eisman, had a thorough grasp of the MacDonald case forensics, unlike Wade Smith, but unfortunately Eisman and Segal were no longer partners after the Article 32 in 1970.
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