I object ... to me

I object ... to me
April 11, 2005

Thomas Budnick says his lawyer's incompetence was to blame for his assault conviction, which was an interesting tactic, given he had represented himself.
Budnick, now represented by a real lawyer took his case on appeal to a Massachusetts court last week.
He claimed the trial judge never should have allowed him to defend himself against charges of trying to poison a friend by lacing a bottle of beer with acid.
He once filed mining claims on Mars and threatened to sue NASA for trespassing.
This should have been enough to make the judge question his competence to waive counsel, his lawyer said.
Budnick was charged in 2002 with trying to poison his friend Ryan Gauthier by spiking a 40-ounce bottle of beer.
Budnick, who claimed he had accidentally given Gauthier a bottle of acid he kept in his garage for cleaning his collection of meteorites, was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and sentenced to two years in prison.
AP

SMH 11-4-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Unusual-Tales/I-object--to-me/2005/04/10/1113071852227.html




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