LATEST OUTBURST? MARK: BRICE RHODES WANTS THE
CASE AGAINST HIM DISMISSED, AND
AT THE VERY LEAST WANTS A NEW
ATTORNEY. AND WAS FRUSTRATED THE JUDGE DID
NOT IMMEDIATELY GRANT BOTH
REQUESTS. >> YOUR JOB IS TO DO YOUR JOB,
NOT TO WORRY ABOUT ME, THAT’S
WHAT I’M SAYING. I WORRY ABOUT
ME. YOU WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF. MARK: THAT’S BRICE RHODES
TALKING TO JUDGE CHARL
CUNNINGHAM. RHODES IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTIN
CHRISTOPHER JONES, THEN STABBI
TO DEATH TWO WITNESSES,
14-YEAR-OLD LARRY ORDWAY AND
16-YEAR-OLD MAURICE GORDON. RHODES HAS BEEN THROUGH TWO
ATTORNEYS ALREADY, AND IS NOW
ASKING FOR HIS THIRD ONE TO BE
REMOVED. >> I JUST ASK YOU, WHY DO YOU
KEEP REFUSING TO GET THIS MAN
OFF MY CASE WHEN WE KEEP HAVING
PROBLEMS. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
PERSONAL AGAINST ME WHERE YOU
DON’T WANT TO MOVE HIM? >> NO SIR, I HAVE SOMETHING
PERSONAL AGAINST NOT PROVIDING
YOU EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE AND
COUNSEL. MARK: JUDGE CUNNINGHAM SAYS HE
HAS ALREADY CALLED THE STATE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE. >> THEY HAD STRUGGLED TO FIND
SOMEONE WHO COULD REPRESENT YOU
AND THAT BASICALLY MR. GRIFFITHS
IS WHAT THEY’VE GOT. MARK: RHODES ONCE HAD TO WEAR A
FACE MASK BECAUSE HE SPIT ON AN
ATTORNEY. CUNNINGHAM, FAIR ENOUGH. LET’S GET US A DATE TO COME
BACK. >> I’LL WRITE THE BAR
ASSOCIATION AND THE ACLU, YOU
KNOW. I’LL WRITE THEM, YOU KNOW. I SEE WHAT’S GOING ON, YOU KNOW. >> FAIR ENOUGH. LET’S GET US A
DATE TO COME BAC
>> YOU GOING TO FIND OUT THOUGH. YOU GOING TO FIND OUT REAL
QUICK. I PROMISE YOU THAT
MARK: THE EXCHANGE ANGERED THE
GRANDMOTHER OF ORDWAY AND
GORDON, WHO WERE BROTHER
>> THIS IS GOING ON FOR FOUR
YEARS, AND NOTHING’S BEEN DONE. SHE LATER APOLOGIZED. >> AND THE JUDGE HE’S, HE’S LIKE
HE SAID, HE WANT EVERYTHING
DOTTED. HE WANTS TO DO IT THE
RIGHT, EVERYTHING’S DONE THE
RIGHT WAY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT
MR. BRICE RHODES IS SAYING IN THERE. MARK: BUT SHE REMAINS
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