Brewer v. State

Facts are stubborn things. ... &emdash; John Adams, Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials

This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light of reason, but after the fashion of others. &emdash; Seneca, Octavia

I respectfully dissent from our decision to unconditionally grant the motion by Theresa S. Nazario, appellant’s court appointed attorney, to withdraw as his attorney and to allow Karen Pope Greenaway, an attorney retained by his ex-wife and siblings, to be substituted as counsel in his appeal. After reviewing the record of the proceedings on…