I understand that and started my comment with that clarification. But my point is, why is an affluent "team" being assembled for someone on our tax dollar? I was a jury member for a felony case with a court-appointed defense attorney and he was good, but not the best.
Because you don't want him screaming about having a crappy lawyer assigned to him in a few years down the line after the case has become old news then have some big time high profile defense attorney take the case pro bono and get him off on a technicality.