ID: "an adept manipulator"

Cry anemia, get a new p.d. From the Sandpoint Bee:

Judge assigns new attorney for Gillispie - A Bonner County man is getting new legal counsel after being sentenced to 15-25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a Sandpoint woman and later burglarizing a local doctor's home

Ronald Anthony Gillispie claims chief public defender Hugh Nisbet put up an anemic defense and caused him to enter into a dubious plea agreement with the state. Gillispie also accused Nisbet of being dishonest and violating the attorney/client right to confidential communication...

Nisbet argued there was no showing that he has been providing ineffective counsel to Gillispie. Verby agreed, but said Gillispie should be assigned new counsel because of the obvious breakdown in the client/attorney relationship.

I met Hugh Nisbet once, and I don't think "anemic" would be the word to describe him or his style of defending; as I recollect, he shook my hand and about broke a few of my bones.