Sniper suspect ends stint as own lawyer
Circuit Judge LeRoy F Millette Jnr informed the jury of Muhammad’s decision after a half-hour conference at the judge’s bench. Jonathan Shapiro and Peter Greenspun, who had been advising him on standby since his decision on Monday, returned to their former roles as his defence lawyers.
Muhammad had stunned the judge and even his own attorneys when he demanded the right to represent himself, just as opening arguments were to begin in his death penalty trial.
