Attorney assigned to represent Fields is plaintiff in statue removal suit

[Leghorn21]

from Daily Progress, Charlottesville

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Charlottesville General District Judge Robert H. Downer Jr. appointed Charles L. “Buddy” Weber to represent Fields, who said he made about $1,300 a month as a security guard and could not afford an attorney.

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Downer said a member of the Charlottesville Public Defender’s Office has a conflict of interest with Fields regarding the incident and that the office could not represent Fields. He then appointed Weber, a local defense attorney who is on a list of local public defenders, to represent Fields.

Downer set the next bond hearing for Fields for Aug. 25.

Weber, a former chairman of the city Republican Party, is one of 13 plaintiffs who have sued the Charlottesville City Council for its decision to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee from the park that once bore the Confederate general’s name. The park has since been renamed Emancipation Park.

http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/attorney-assigned-to-represent-fields-is-plaintiff-in-statue-removal/article_f68afefc-80fa-11e7-833a-93940dec663a.html

- - Weber is on a hiking trip and cannot be reached right now, so it's not a done deal he'll end up as Field's Public Defender -

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And won't he be surprised when he gets back from his hiking trip?

But he certainly might be considered to have a conflict, too, because of his involvement in the litigation about the Lee statue.

All any lawyer can do for Fields is damage control and keep him from getting the death penalty. Even without that he's going to prison; the only question is which one and for how long.

[Angry Dragon]

2. one count of murder

19 counts of attempted murder
20 counts of the use of a deadly weapon
AND THE LIST GOES ON