WA: ignore your p.d. at your peril

Okay, let's go over this consequences thing one more time. Blow off your public defender's advice, and you know, things will go from bad to worse, and it won't be your p.d.'s fault:

New lawyer for bride's killer

The man who strangled a Kyrgyzstan mail-order bride five years ago... told a judge Thursday that he has no confidence in the public defenders representing him.

Daniel Larson, 25, faces a new charge that could land him decades of additional time in prison... Larson, who received a 20-year sentence in 2002 for his part in Anastasia King's death, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder... However, Larson later violated the plea agreement with prosecutors by appealing his sentence. Despite warnings by prosecutors and public defenders, Larson continued the appeal.

The state Court of Appeals in August agreed with prosecutors that the door is now open to prosecute Larson for first-degree murder. He could be sentenced to well beyond 30 years in prison. Moreover, the court concluded that the second-degree murder conviction will stand no matter how the new trial turns out.