WA: the defendant having been found competent...

"Train wreck" defense rests

David Roberson, (Neelish) Phadnis' most recent public defender who was assigned as standby counsel, said the trial has been a tragedy. "It's a shame because he has no idea what he is doing, and there is obviously something wrong with him. What can I say? It's not fun. It's like watching a train wreck."

Update: Black humor is not the exclusive province of criminal defense lawyers; we can only hope that there's a juror blogger on the panel:
Best jury duty ever! Murderous gang of 400-pound armed Samoans on the loose in King County!

Update 10/08/05: Guilty. Two life terms without parole:

"Nothing made any sense," juror Barb Duquette said.

"I had to work horribly to keep from laughing," Duquette said. "And it was torturous not to be able to talk [during the trial] about something this important, or this bizarre, even with each other."