January 11, 2006

FL: withdrawing to better help the client

Public defender withdraws from police slaying suspect's defense

An attorney for a Wisconsin man charged with killing a Panama City Beach police officer has withdrawn from the case, saying he can better help Robert Bailey avoid the death penalty by being a witness.

Deputy Public Defender Walter Smith told Circuit Judge Glenn Hess on Tuesday that he expects to be a witness at a future court hearing to determine Bailey's mental condition.

"This whole case is about killing Robert Bailey, that's what the state wants and that's what this whole community wants. I'm saying, 'Time out. You can't kill a mentally retarded person,'" Smith said after court...

1 Comment:

Anonymous said...

robert baily is far from being retarted, mentally impared or whatever you would like to call it.he ran with a bunch of wanna be gangbangers in wi, whom thought they were sombodies, but where all pieces of trash. all of these thugs even went out and got tattos resembeling a slain officer on there arms. they all need to be locked up.and a recent raid in milw wi rounded up plenty of them. my thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the officer whos life was taken in this senseless act!