Lawyer Reacts: Daybell's Attorney Tries To Withdraw? Will The Judge Ok? Mr. Green Stopped Showing Up 

I was thinking this was their attempt to get it if the table as well.

Yes I think so too. It's disgusting.

Well Pryor is slimy!

Karma for Chad

There is no legal justification for removing the death penalty in this case. The client being unable to pay isn't a valid reason.

Exactly! My aunt passed away January 3rd 2024. She was not afraid and ask us to please not mourn her death but celebrate the eternal life she will have with our Heavenly Father 🙏🏼 She’s no fake like CD

The majority of inmates don’t want to be on death row because the conditions are horrible and they know it can take 10+ years before the day actually arrives. isn’t that ironic they’re worried about horrible conditions I guess they forget what they did to their victims 🤷🏻‍♀️

😂 exactly

Exactly

You’d think he couldn’t wait to be ‘busy’ in heaven!

Exactly

Agree 100%

I also thought Daybell signed his house over to him… a property to can rent and get income from for forever ! PLUS, he has known this was a death penalty case …he KNEW he wasn’t qualified….but he has NEVER bought in another lawyer to help….EVER AND HE KNEW !! DELAY TACTIC IMO. clearly the money also…..

@shaz6570 true. I've heard he rents to one of Chad's kids.

He's not broke, he knows how to hide money because he was a lawyer.

Yes ! AND HE KNEW HE WASN’T DEATH PENALTY QUALIFIED… he has never since day 1 had another lawyer help him. He is suddenly trying to remove DP or AGAIN DELAY !!

I come agree. Instead of being at Lori's trial, he should've been working on his client case! This is outrageous

LOL!!!!! DUMBELL! PERFECT!

Lori's first lawyer was removed because of conflict of interest. He represented both Chad and Lori in the past. He still thinks it was a conspiracy against him.

Criminal attorneys don't keep win/loss records. It seriously sounds to me like he's panicking because he couldn't get that 2nd attorney. That leaves problems with having an indigent client, more than just "it sucks for me.". You can't hire more paralegals, investigators, or attorneys. You can't contract out any work.

What I thought.

Me too.

The death penalty got dropped on her so why not on him?

@@3141michathe death penalty only got dropped for lori because the prosecution failed to turn over discovery by the deadline… that hasn’t happened in chad’s case.

@@margaretadam2222😅

Chad is not going anywhere. Why reward him just to speed things up when they don't have to? I don't think the victims' families would like that.

​@@indicolite3355I don't think they care as long as he never sees the light of day they're aware of a jury voting to not sentence him to death.

@@indicolite3355 As far as I understood, the jail he is in now is way nicer than any prison he will go after the trial, death row or not. Don't get me wrong, I am usually a BIG fan of the "Innocent til proven guilty-thing", "proven guilty" being (to me) convicted in court. But the kids bodies where on his property, how they where "buried" especially what they did with Tylee's remains.. that is not possible doing all that on his property without him knowing and when his wife was killed, he was present. So I guess we can agree that he is not an innocent man. I don't know enough about the system in the US but are there even cards left to play ? I would guess that you need a really good argument to get the DP from the table. He was arrested after they found the kid's bodies, his wife was exhumed to discover she was killed. So in other words: he never cooperated, never helped get the truth together. So, to get a chance of throwing the DP out of the options, he would have to tell them something they don't already know and proof? Confessing that the death of Charles Vallow was a planned set up, testifying against Lori in that trial (which could have her end up on death row?) Or if they had something to do with Alex Cox's death.. confessing to that good enough to make a case? But what kind of substance would come out of the words from a man who literally does not have anything left to loose? One more reason why I don't like the DP. It is far too normal, that people in Chad's situation would do or say anything that might keep them from death row. To save his life, he might even confess to a conspiracy to murder Alex, even if Alex did die from natural causes (or something self inflicted). As far as I understood the DP was off the table in Lori's trial because the prosecution did not turn over everything they had in time for the defense to build a defense against everything. So: When Chad decided that he did not want a speedy trial. Was there ever any chance that the DP would be dropped in his case?

I agree. It feels like they are trying to get the DP dropped by forcing the judge and DA’s hand.

I think Prior has turned this case into a 3 ring circus. The victims families have suffered enough. Shame on him this is tactical where did he think Chad was going to get more money to pay him. He knew all these issues years ago. TACTICS !!!!!

Exactly!! It’s a legal tactic to get DP off table, IMO

What a bunch of BS!!! Prior has known that Chad is broke and it has been a DP case! Trying to manipulate the Court into taking DP off table. IMO

@@skygodess87absolutely agree. Just another tactic to get the DP dismissed. At one point John prior claimed he was ready to go to trial the Fall of 2022 and disagreed with the states motion to push the trial out into 2023. So how was he ready then but not now? If this were truly just a money thing then why wouldn’t he withdraw a year ago when Chad was deemed indigent?

Great point! ​@@youaremysunshine81

@@skygodess87in many ways it would be better not to give him the DP. It’s a quick easy out and he believes he’s going to a better place. The problem with DP is the constant appeals which drag the family,it’s through the courts constantly. The only advantage I can see to DP is if they are kept in solitary. That’s where I believe he should be with or without the DP.

Wow!! Yes, yes and yes!!!

I can’t imagine that house being worth more than $150K TOPS in that area of Idaho. A private death penalty defense can run upwards of $400K with all the transcript fees, expert witnesses, trial strategists, independent testing of evidence, etc. And that’s not even including the penalty phase where the lawyer has to hire an entirely different person to investigate the person’s _whole_ life and interview almost everyone that person ever knew, to see if there are any mitigating circumstances. I’ve wondered how John Prior has been doing it all by himself this whole time. If you talk to any criminal defense attorney who has handled a high profile case like this they will all tell you it’s a total practice killer. You don’t have the time to take on any new clients so you don’t have any supplemental money coming in. I do wonder why Prior didn’t think about this _four years ago_ when he knew Chad only had his house to put up, but it does sound like he did go looking for a second chair but that person couldn’t get death penalty qualified for some reason. I think Mr Prior just bit off a little more than he could chew.

Bad karma

Home is payment for the work to date so he can keep the home.

Zillow estimates it is worth over $400k at the moment. That part of Idaho is growing and he has several acres of land.

Zillow estimates it is worth over $400k at the moment. That part of Idaho is growing and he has several acres of land.

Yes, even after Lori's guilty verdict, I thought he would've make some kind of deal.

Would they even offer him a deal? I don't know enough about the justice system in the US, but aren't deals offered if the prosecution is not sure that they will get a conviction or if they want information they can only get out of the defendant? With the children's bodies on his property and him being present when Tammy was murdered.. I don't think that the prosecution has to "fear" that he might not be convicted in a trial?

@@fraukie1598 they would offer him a deal to save the state millions of dollars and resources to take this to trial. They would offer a deal to save the families the heartbreak of going through another trial, or to take away his right to appeal the conviction, since he would have to admit that he did the crimes. Lots of reasons.

He should have withdrawn a year ago, when the money ran out. It's his own fault that he worked for free for a year.

But that was all after Tammy's death was confirmed as a homicide with Chad as a suspect or even charged with her murder already. Wouldn't the insurance company demand (and get) back every dime from that insurance that is still in Chad's name? Or would his kids get that money? If they did I guess they would be free to use it to pay Chad's lawyer.

@fraukie1598 that is one of his charges, insurance fraud. I'm sure part of the penalty will be him having to pay the money back, but if he's sitting on death row, they won't really be able to collect anything. The insurance company can't just be like give us our money back, they have to press charges for fraud, so any of the money he had left went to Prior and I'm sure he gave his kids some of it too. Unless he lied and told them he didn't get much. 🤷‍♀️

Chad was probably broke and couldn't pay for further testing. In any case he is entitled to two death penalty qualified public defenders if he has no means to pay for his own defense.

Cuz he was paying.

​@@chattahuffman5117nothing to do with money, particularly when counsel are actually offering services free of charge as in the RA case but the corrupt judge refused his choice to of defense counsel.

I was thinking the same

100%

Can they do that? If it's a private attorney, he doesn't have to be desth penalty certified, but if the state keeps him on , i think he has to be death penalty certified, at least to be lead. He might be able to be co counsel.

I REALLY hope they make them stay on the case.

My thoughts too!! I was waiting and waiting for Peter to call this out ahaha

He stayed a year longer than he should.

Prior got everything he could get- property, what money there was to get. He can’t get anymore so he is out of there.

I agree. I have so many questions.

Because the rule is (at least in ID) that if your attorney is a public defender they have to be Death penalty qualified, but if you hire your own private attorney you can use whoever you want. Look at Lori’s old lawyer Mark Means. He was a family attorney and mediator! Never defended a criminal case in his whole career. But they still let her have him until it because glaringly obvious that he wasn’t up for the job. Then she got two death penalty qualified public defenders.

@@Luv2LuvEm She was also declared indigent and could no longer pay Means. Even if he could, he wasn't going to work for free till the end.

I agree with everything you said. Prior is definitely kind of whiny and also, why spend allll these years on this just to quit now?! Weird.

He worked for free for a year (unless he was getting paid by someone else, like Chad's children). That's on him.

Thank you!!!! He’s the most unprofessional lawyer I’ve ever seen!! He barks at the judge every time he speaks and comes off like an unhinged lunatic!! Get a grip and just do your job, dude!! What decent lawyer speaks to a judge like that?!?! No DECENT lawyer ever would! Pryor is just a despicable human!!

Lori's lawyers would have preferred more time to prepare as well, but Lori wouldn't let them. She wanted a speedy trial.

Not quite live. BUT you're close. It's a premier.

Absolutely

Agree with everything except the Judge can't in good conscience sanction any attorney for aggressively representing his client and ensure he gets AT LEAST at the bare minimum the statutory minimum guarantee of effective assistance of counsel (adequate representation) at trial when the State is seeking the death penalty. This judge is not in a position to deny this motion if the State persists in keeping the death penalty on the table. It's plain and simple a last minute squeeze play trying to force the State to take death off the table before this motion is argued. It's also clear that this judge will never let this happen on another case. He (Judge Boyce) made the mistake when he didn't disqualify Prior, if indeed that was possible under the law in this case.

I think the plan is take the money, get some reputation for defending an infamous client and run before it gets serious.

umm...which RU-vidrs do you speak of? I got feelings on this....this is one of the few channels I watch

Welcome to the crew! This is the best community on RU-vid! I sincerely mean that. Take care .

@@jenniferthomas5926 Thank you. I’m glad I joined!

Oh yeah, forgot he wasn’t DP qualified anyway.

Oops, PS. Yes, I think this is fair and I predict he will be let out of the situation.

This morning in ND the temp was -30...a wee bit frigid. Have a good day.

@@ndgrandma2124 oh no! Please stay warm and check for your local warming stations in case you lose power!

Thank you. I have a generator for the 'just in case' scenario plus an alternative heat source. I was ridiculed for getting a generator. My response was, "You have insurance on your vehicles and house and how many times over the years have you filed an insurance claim? You pay a premium every month or year for 30+ years. I made a one time investment which can always be re-sold unlike insurance premiums." Any idea who will come to my house if the power goes out. LOL @@gamingcounselor

Cold here in North Dakota also. -30 this morning with strong wind,

There are 13 public defenders that are death penalty certified to be lead counsel in Idaho. Chad’s case is in 7th district of Idaho and the two lawyers for Lori Vallow can’t be his lawyer and there was another lawyer that was removed from Lori Vallow ‘s case and they can’t be Chad’s lawyer either. But there are some lawyers in the 6th district that may could be his lawyers. Anne Taylor and Jay Logsdon are assigned to the northern Idaho area.