Bruce Cutler Resigns From Phil Spector Defense Team
[posted by Justin Levine]
After proclaiming that he was the only one on this Earth who could possibly free Phil Spector from his murder rap, attorney Bruce Cutler decided to skip the trial in order to concentrate on his reality TV show. But being the ever gracious guy that he is, he decided to pencil in some time to come back to perform the closing arguments on a trial that he wasn’t present at during the closing weeks.
Astonishingly enough, word now has it that Cutler has resigned from Spector’s defense team due to a “difference of opinion on strategy”. Who woulda thunk it?? I guess Spector is screwed now that his sole legal savior is gone.
We need to add attorneys resigning from cases due to “differences of opinion over legal strategy” to the same pantheon of standard media responses to poor behavior like “I intend to donate the proceeds to charity”, “I wish to spend more time with my family”, or “I will be voluntraily entering a treatment facility and would appreciate that you respect my privacy at this time” etc. This one ranks right up with the “donating to charity” response in terms of its sheer lameness though.
(Any other traditional lame media responses that I am leaving out? Feel free to post them in the comments section.)
Maybe he found Jesus like Vick did?
A CTVviewer (ba095b) — 8/27/2007 @ 11:41 amThe Keystone Kops defense team.
Robin Roberts (6c18fd) — 8/27/2007 @ 11:42 amAlternate Title for this Post: “And Then He Kissed Me (Off)“
ras (adf382) — 8/27/2007 @ 11:50 amIt’s hard for me to believe the Judge would let Cutler off the case, even if Spector wanted him to, as long as the trial was still ongoing. It sounds crazy but it makes me wonder if this could be the basis for an appeal point on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel.
DRJ (bfe07e) — 8/27/2007 @ 12:33 pmIt’s hard for me to believe this isn’t a plot line from a David E. Kelley show.
Oh wait — I’m sure it will be, next season.
Beldar (1b82e4) — 8/27/2007 @ 3:33 pmNot sure if this fits but I like it anyway:
Fake but accurate.
DRJ (bfe07e) — 8/27/2007 @ 5:02 pm“As an officer of the Court….in the interests of Justice.”
Ed (288574) — 8/27/2007 @ 10:38 pmI know it won’t but this should have an effect on Cutler’s credibility.
davod (5bdbd3) — 8/28/2007 @ 7:46 amSpector only killed one person; amateur.
narciso (c36902) — 8/28/2007 @ 8:34 amyou got to know when to hold
assistant devil's advocate (22128e) — 8/28/2007 @ 8:45 amknow when to fold…
I’ve been out of the country for a few weeks but shouldn’t this trial be over by now? As I recall, Cutler made lots of wild claims in the so called opening statements.
The prosecutor might have some fun with closing arugment asking the jury to decide if any of Cutler’s promises came true. Even if the prosecutor leaves this alone, the jury has to be wondering if the defense was merely shot gunning it.
Alta Bob (8b8110) — 9/2/2007 @ 5:27 am