can you fell us what his words were how he expressed to you his concern how things might become public? he said, louis, i m i am not going to let wallace get in the way of my becoming a federal judge and getting appointed for the rest of his life to set aside his conviction. wait until it happens, and then i ll do it. in short with regard to article 4, the evidence shows that judge porteous did so in a calculated manner in the exercise of the confirmation speedometers. the record confers the testimony. judge porteous waited until he was sworn in to set aside wallace s conviction. judge porteous was concerned if the set aside would have appeared to be justified. the media picked this up and reported he engaged in an unlawful act, but by this time, he secured his federal judgeship. after he became a federal judge, the relationship did not continue precisely as when he was a state judge. judge porteous could not do as much, and they did less for him. they stopped taking care o