the
second half of 2011. He said he asked Mr. Rohling to file a motion to withdraw numerous
times. He said he asked his family members to try to contact Mr. Rohling when he was
unable to get a response from counsel. He said he was not present for the hearing at which
Mr. McGregor spoke to the trial judge. He said he had been called to meet with Assistant
District Attorney General Tom Thurman in Jaunaury 2012 but told Mr. Thurman he did not
think he could speak to him because he had requested Mr. Rohling to file a motion to
withdraw. The Defendant said “[I]t was just always downhill from then on.” He said that
although he was unable to hire another attorney, he thought his family would have. He said
they never had aas an exhibit a recording of a
telephone call between the Defendant and his mother. In it, the Defendant stated that he had
been to court that day regarding his attorney. He said that he had prayed about the situation,
that he asked God to give him the right attorney to get him home to his family, and that he
had a productive conversation about the case with Mr. Rohling after the hearing. He said
that the trial judge had not wanted to listen to him in court and that the judge thought he was
trying to delay his October 1 trial. He expressed optimism about his trial. He said the
hearing on the motion to withdraw had turned out as he expected.

        A defendant in a criminal