REPARATIONS FOR THE DEFENSE
Unless Kindlon is going to pursue Chris’ appeal at the public defenders’ fee rate, he has no right to ask the County to pay for the transcripts for Chris’ defense. If Chris is determined to be indigent, then he is entitled to a public defender to file an appeal on his behalf (and that assigned public defender is entitled to the trial transcripts at no cost ). Those who are privy to this information must ascertain that Kindlon/Shanks (having billed the County for the trial transcripts) are the appelant’s lawyers and are paid according to public defenders’ rates as established by the legislature.
Christoher Porco should have been declared indigent at his indictment. But, because Joan Porco’s attorney, John Polster, convinced her that Kindlon/Shanks would get an acquittal for her son, Joan paid K/S’s fees. Now that those “expert” witnesses were less than expert…K/S feel guilty asking Joan to pay for their testimony… Is there no shame among these lawyers?
We are astonished that Kindlon would ask the people of Albany County to pay for his defense costs… especially because his defense was so damaging to the Porco/Balzano family. Imagine an attorney telling a victim (mother) not to ask the defendant (her son) if he did, in fact, kill his father and try to kill her?! No family member was allowed to ask Chris if he was innocent (or guilty)… as demanded by Terry Kindlon.
Because of K/S, Albany County taxpayers paid the cost of a Goshen trial… Now, they are asked to pay for an appeal… Don’t let the County pay a cent more than a public defender would receive! No one should profit from this nightmare!
Oh… In case anyone is wondering why I logged on to this blog tonight… it really wasn’t to “fuel the fire.” I logged on to read and to be in touch with those who were still thinking about Peter Porco’s life and his murder… because, today, August 22nd, our family would have celebrated Peter’s birthday. We will remember Peter for the way he lived; not the way he died. We know that he loved his wife, his children, his parents, his sister and brother, his extended family, and his friends because his good deeds and actions told us so!
Christoher Porco should have been declared indigent at his indictment. But, because Joan Porco’s attorney, John Polster, convinced her that Kindlon/Shanks would get an acquittal for her son, Joan paid K/S’s fees. Now that those “expert” witnesses were less than expert…K/S feel guilty asking Joan to pay for their testimony… Is there no shame among these lawyers?
We are astonished that Kindlon would ask the people of Albany County to pay for his defense costs… especially because his defense was so damaging to the Porco/Balzano family. Imagine an attorney telling a victim (mother) not to ask the defendant (her son) if he did, in fact, kill his father and try to kill her?! No family member was allowed to ask Chris if he was innocent (or guilty)… as demanded by Terry Kindlon.
Because of K/S, Albany County taxpayers paid the cost of a Goshen trial… Now, they are asked to pay for an appeal… Don’t let the County pay a cent more than a public defender would receive! No one should profit from this nightmare!
Oh… In case anyone is wondering why I logged on to this blog tonight… it really wasn’t to “fuel the fire.” I logged on to read and to be in touch with those who were still thinking about Peter Porco’s life and his murder… because, today, August 22nd, our family would have celebrated Peter’s birthday. We will remember Peter for the way he lived; not the way he died. We know that he loved his wife, his children, his parents, his sister and brother, his extended family, and his friends because his good deeds and actions told us so!
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