URBANA â A Champaign man facing decades in prison for weapons offenses had his sentencing hearing continued Wednesday after trying unsuccessfully to get a new lawyer.
Judge Randy Rosenbaum allowed Herbert Shah to talk uninterrupted for more than an hour about his dissatisfaction with Cierra Norris of Chicago, an attorney he hired to represent him. She was his third attorney in the case filed against him 18 months ago.
Charged in July 2019 in a June 22 shooting that occurred outside Hollywood Liquors, 512 S. Neil St., C, Shah was first represented by the Champaign County Public Defenderâs Office, then hired Champaign attorney Jamie Propps about a week after being charged.