d.a. one of our mottos is the state is already ready, and that s for our run of the mill cases. you better believe that all this time as your guests have already pointed out, that this office has been investigating this case, has been spent organizing it and preparing it for trial. this isn t fani willis first rodeo. she has done several high profile cases. she tried one of the longest cases in georgia state history. she understands how to move a big case through the system, so i would guess that even before they indicted this case, they were prepared with that schedule. they understand all contingencies and ready for those contingencies. not surprised at all by her response. so it s not every day that a prominent defendant switches defense counsel on basically the very day of his arrest after a 2 1/2-year investigation that he knew about. donald trump s new georgia
those constitutional rights and statutory. they may after seeing discovery or perhaps as they are building their case they may realize they need more time. and so to protect due process and other rights, a judge would seriously consider a motion to withdraw by that same defendant. so really the timing is in mr. chesebro s hands along with his attorneys right now. and joyce, if you re looking for any kind of sign of confidence in a defendant, a motion for speedy trial is one of those indicators of confidence. you know, that s typically true, but in this case it may more have been an effort to catch fani willis out of school. prosecutors usually take a little bit of time after they indict a case to line up all their ducks for trial. and maybe mr. chesebro s attorneys thought they would be able to use that to their advantage here, but it looks really not to be the case.
can see what the prosculator has and how the prosecutors intend to prosecute these cases? absolutely, lawrence. i suspect that if the trial goes forward on october 23rd you ll look at the audience and you ll see 18 attorneys with note pads and pens scribbling furiously as this unfolds. they ll definitely get an advantage both in they ll know what some of the evidence says based on the documents, but they ll really get to see it come to life. how convincing are these witnesses going to be? do they testify well? do they hold their heads high and go for it or stand there and have no idea what they re talking about? it will be invaluable for the other defendants to see what happens. harry litman, it seems to me it would be especially valuable for the other lawyers who are codefendants like rudolf giuliani because this first trial on october 23rd is from one of the lawyers, the lawyer who apparently originated the idea that the choice of the next
well, the law in georgia is very clear. when a defendant asks for a speedy trial or makes a motion or makes a demand, he or she must be tried either in the term of court when the motion is filed or in the succeeding term, the immediate next term. if they are not tried within that time frame, the case is automatically dismissed. and so by filing the motion at the end of this term, the term only goes through the end of august, that means the d.a. must try mr. chesebro by the end of october. and so what you saw her do was set a date and time that allowed them to strike a jury and join issue in before that deadline would come to pass. and what happens if the district attorney does not meet that speedy trial deadline? does the defendant does the
that emerges after chesebro s trial that is actually relevant to it? so it s an interesting question, and it s a risk that gets run in every case. something that prosecutors are obligated to do is to turn over to defendants anything that could be exculpatory, anything that could help a defendant establish that they re not guilty. and prosecutors also have an obligation to turn over evidence that involves the voracity, the truthfulness of witnesses. a failure by prosecutors to do that can lead to reversal of the case downstream, so that s something that everyone involved in these sorts of cases takes very seriously. as to other evidence you know it seems likely willis has used her grand jury and her time very thoughtfully to compile the evidence gnat she intends to put on at trial. and so you do from time to time see a defendant come forward