Is Steuben County (NY) Running Scared?
Part 3 of the story: The Handyman--My Son The last two trips that Shawn Campbell made to the courtroom in Steuben County, located in Bath, NY has ended in disaster. Both times, every motion his lawyer, Joseph Valley put across the table, the judge denied. (As you may recall, these hearings were to decide whether the fact that a previous lawyer [Mr. K] was in the wrong by with-holding exculpatory evidence...which he denies doing, by-the-way.) Why? In court on April 25th, words and emotions escalated between Shawn's lawyer and the Assistant DA...so that it was less about Shawn's case and more about who was right in doing what. Today...it only got worse. Today, not only did the judge deny any motions brought by Mr. Valley, but as well, he called for a conference in his chambers between Shawn, his lawyer, and both the DA and the Asst. DA. There, things got heated so that what it boiled down to was the DA's office was putting down Mr. Valley, essentially s...