He probably had a PI or his attorney working on it - you know what they say, you can dig up something on anyone. Hard to say if this is what happened, but it's entirely possible. Maybe Garrido did do this and therefore Maines was forced to quit and Nancy had nothing to say about it. Or maybe Phillip had information sent that he would disclose in court about Nancy if Maines went the route he said publicly he was going to take in her defense. Or Phillip just got a message to Nancy that he would do this if she proceeded and then gave her the strategy on how to request Maines be dropped.
Apparently Nancy allegedly feels her attorney is not communicating enough with he or that he is not doing an adequate job of defending her. http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/bin/marsden_hearing.htm <- gives definition of what a Marsden hearing is. I guess she is lonely. Aw poor thing.
"In most jurisdictions a "Marsden Hearing is allowed. This hearing is to allow the court to hear the defendant's problems with their court appointed counsel giving the court cause to appoint new counsel. However you must show the court serious problems, such as lack of contact and/or communication." I think all she would have to claim is that he was going down some path she tried to communicate was not what she wanted.
Every time i hear her say how lonely she is or how she's afraid of being raped and murdered, i picture an 11 year old girl, alone, scared, locked in a shed and shackled, wondering what horrible thing is gonna happen to her next, and why this female wont help her get out of it.
I just had another thought. Maybe the confidential material was information between husband/wife and someone is claiming that the wife cannot testify against her husband? Maybe NG spilled the beans on PG and it is thought to be privilege info between them therefore it is being squelched so we cannot see it.
This leaves two questions. How did Nancy find out about marsden hearing and what is in the sealed records that require them to be sealed? This just smells of pg involvement.
the law is that she cannot be MADE to testify against him. she can waive that right if she chooses too.
Well, husband and wife communication can be considered confidential :innocent: I think the stickler is that term, "confidential evidence", since it could mean a lot of things. But maybe in this case it was just a letter directly from someone acting on behalf of Phillip to Nancy?
I wonder if there has to be a Marsden hearing to get a new lawyer? If so, it's possible Maines just said he thought he wasn't best to represent her and advised her to request a hearing.
The confidential information would be the description of the issues she was having with her attorney. Having that information released would be prejudicial to her case, that is why it would be sealed. There is no reason to believe PG had anything to do with it. I think it more likely that she is looking for an aquital, whereas her attorney is looking for a plea deal.
I think it's about 50/50 on that. We aren't the only ones discussing the possibility that PG had something to do with it - see comment by Portonova (sp?), a former Federal Prosecutor, near the end. http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=70104&provider=top&catid=188
Are you talking about the video because I don't see any comments by Portonova other than what is mentioned in the video. Interesting clip! Thanks
The reporter said Portonova speculated the possibility of contact between NG & PG> So, just speculation. I think Nancy just wants a new attorney because this one isn't quite seeing things her way. However, the "confidential evidence" thing is interesting.
Thing is the judge called it "confidential EVIDENCE" not "information" or "correspondence". That makes it a little more interesting don't you think?
That would have been the evidence used in the hearing, no doubt the argument made by whichever party chose to terminate the relationship.
Yeah, but they also found books on murder in his possession, and the passenger seat ripped out of his car, and his son testified that he saw Hans carrying a large garbage bag down the stairs. I think these were the most damning testimony!
