READ MORE:* How will the court deal with the Christchurch mosque killer representing himself at sentencing? Others might not see eye to eye with their assigned defence counsel and therefore opt to manage their own defence. Jonathan Hudson, a member of the mosque shooter’s former defence counsel, earlier told Stuff there was no ill-feeling between the parties that prompted the accused’s decision. “It can get quite technical – that is why the court appoints standby counsel,” Rapley says. In many respects standby counsel is not that different from an appointed defence counsel, Rapley says.

Source: Stuff August 20, 2020 19:41 UTC