But, we do not count your continuances granted by
the district court where it made no specific findings supporting a general mantra[s] of 'complexity'." --(US
v. Aviles, 170 F.3d 863, 869 (9th Cir.1998)).
JUDGE MATZ: "Now, you understand as is inherent and understood I think by everyone in the concept of stand-by counsel that the role of stand-by counsel sometimes can result in counsel becoming actual counsel by choice of the pro per client or for other reasons. Are you prepared to proceed with that understanding?"
MR. REED: "Well, that I'm not absolutely certain about.
Prosecutor: “[b]ut part of the reason why in a case like this it has been turned over so far in advance and the court made this case complex, I think rightfully so, because of the huge amount of electronic evidence was so the defense team could work through this, …”
Mr. Reed: your honor, once the CDROMS are provided to me, since they are rather complex,...
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Judge: “[y]ou know, I don't think - - I think I understand this case far better now in part because of certain things I've read recently and it doesn't strike me as that complicated a case.
Killercop: Yes. I would object to this quite a bit, Your Honor. In interstate or foreign commerce, when it utilizes instrumentalities of interstate or foreign commerce, it does not set forth the true nature of the Internet and the elements that surround what the Internet consists of. The Internet is comprised of more than just what is vaguely called "instrumentalities."
"This is a computer case where counsel for Killercop is like a child learning the scales and Killercop is playing Beethoven piano sonatas. It's like if he spoke -- if it was in Chinese and he spoke Chinese and I didn't." ~William Harris, FPD. (Assigned by Judge Matz to handle this "complex computer case brought by Debra Wong Yang.")
THE COURT OF JUDGE MATZ DECLARES:
"I think you could have somebody who has never seen a computer but is a fine lawyer and a dedicated and hard working one do a perfectly competent, maybe absolutely bank-up job for this defendant. That's my view." ~Judge Howard Matz, in reply to William Harris of the FPD office, above.
THE LAW SAYS: THEY MUST FIRST FILE THIS.THEY DIDN'T.