Kouri Richins: I'm Innocent And Need A New Attorney For Financials

It says, Judge Morazek.

The prosecution's, and she puts in quotes here, star witness in my murder trial.

Number two, her close personal relationships with U.N.

Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson, particularly given the serious concerns surrounding my previous prosecution and recent indictments of Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby and former Summit County Sheriff Dade Edmonds on obstruction-related charges connected to that prosecution.

And three, her disciplinary history, which has further undermined my confidence in her professional judgment.

I understand I'm not entitled to choose my appointed attorney simply because I would prefer someone else.

But this is not a matter of personal preference or disagreement over legal strategy.

Taken together, these circumstances have destroyed my trust in Ms. Fowler.

I can no longer communicate openly with her, and I do not believe we can work together effectively.

first miss fowler previously represented carmen lauber on several occasions in drug court proceedings miss lauber was the prosecution star witness in my separate murder trial a convicted drug offender who faced additional criminal charges she testified against me after receiving multiple grants of immunity that protected her from substantial prison sentences Miss Fowler did not tell me about this relationship.

I learned of it independently and confronted her.

Only then did she acknowledge having represented Miss Lauber, telling me it was not a problem.

I disagree.

While Miss Lauber may not be a witness in my fraud case, she played a central role in securing my murder conviction.

I believe I was entitled to know that my court-appointed attorney had previously represented her... and to receive a proper explanation of whether the relationship could affect my representation.

I have not agreed to waive any conflict that may exist, and I have no intention of doing so.

Second, Ms. Fowler has now told me that she maintains a close personal relationship with both you, Judge Morazek, and Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson.

You are the judge who sentenced me to spend the rest of my life in prison without the possibility of parole.

I maintain my innocence and I'm now facing another criminal prosecution before you, represented by an attorney who has told me she is personally close to you and the county attorney who is prosecuting me.

I find that deeply troubling.

I understand the people working in the same legal community will know one another and sometimes become friends.

But given everything that happened in my case, these relationships are not something I can simply overlook.

My previous defense attorneys raised formal allegations of judicial bias and prosecutor misconduct during my murder proceedings.

Their request to disqualify you was denied.

But the concerns they raised were serious, and they have not simply disappeared because the request was unsuccessful.

It says, Judge Morazek.

The prosecution's, and she puts in quotes here, star witness in my murder trial.

Number two, her close personal relationships with U.N.

Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson, particularly given the serious concerns surrounding my previous prosecution and recent indictments of Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby and former Summit County Sheriff Dade Edmonds on obstruction-related charges connected to that prosecution.

And three, her disciplinary history, which has further undermined my confidence in her professional judgment.

I understand I'm not entitled to choose my appointed attorney simply because I would prefer someone else.

But this is not a matter of personal preference or disagreement over legal strategy.

Taken together, these circumstances have destroyed my trust in Ms. Fowler.

I can no longer communicate openly with her, and I do not believe we can work together effectively.

first miss fowler previously represented carmen lauber on several occasions in drug court proceedings miss lauber was the prosecution star witness in my separate murder trial a convicted drug offender who faced additional criminal charges she testified against me after receiving multiple grants of immunity that protected her from substantial prison sentences Miss Fowler did not tell me about this relationship.

I learned of it independently and confronted her.

Only then did she acknowledge having represented Miss Lauber, telling me it was not a problem.

I disagree.

While Miss Lauber may not be a witness in my fraud case, she played a central role in securing my murder conviction.

I believe I was entitled to know that my court-appointed attorney had previously represented her... and to receive a proper explanation of whether the relationship could affect my representation.

I have not agreed to waive any conflict that may exist, and I have no intention of doing so.

Second, Ms. Fowler has now told me that she maintains a close personal relationship with both you, Judge Morazek, and Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson.

You are the judge who sentenced me to spend the rest of my life in prison without the possibility of parole.

I maintain my innocence and I'm now facing another criminal prosecution before you, represented by an attorney who has told me she is personally close to you and the county attorney who is prosecuting me.

I find that deeply troubling.

I understand the people working in the same legal community will know one another and sometimes become friends.

But given everything that happened in my case, these relationships are not something I can simply overlook.

My previous defense attorneys raised formal allegations of judicial bias and prosecutor misconduct during my murder proceedings.

Their request to disqualify you was denied.

But the concerns they raised were serious, and they have not simply disappeared because the request was unsuccessful.