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Griem
denied
motion
to drop
Bashara
case
By Karen
Hudson
Samuels,
National
Deputy
Editor
DETROIT
(Tell Us
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Judge
Kenneth
King
denied a
motion
filed by
David
Griem to
end his
representation
of
Robert
Bashara
-- the
Grosse
Pointe
businessman
behind
bars for
allegedly
hiring a
hit man
kill Joe
Gentz in
a Wayne
County
jail.
The
Chief
Judge of
36th
District
Court
was not
persuaded
by
Griem’s
claim of
“an
irreparable
breakdown
in the
attorney-client
relationship.”
Griem
asked
the
court to
suspend
the
relationship,
an
action
both he
and
Bashara
requested,
saying
it was
like
seeking
a
divorce,
an
analogy
the
Judge
criticized.
Allegations
of leaks
by the
police,
delaying
tactics
by the
prosecution
were
cited by
Griem in
his
appeal
to the
court;
he also
criticized
the
media
repeatedly
for its
coverage
of the
Bashara
case,
pointing
to
reporters
in the
courtroom.
When the
Judge
King
asked
for more
foundational
reasoning
for
dropping
out of
the
case,
Griem
said
going
into
more
detail
in open
court
would
give the
prosecution
discovery
and
“insight
into the
case” a
violation
he said
of the
client/attorney
relationship.
The
Judge
said he
wanted
evidence
of the
breakdown
in the
relationship;
in the
end
Griem
failed
to
satisfy
the
court
and must
appear
with
Bashara
at a
preliminary
hearing
next
week.
Bashara,
who also
addressed
the
court
may
bring in
new
representation
said
Judge
King
with
Griem
serving
in an
advisory
role.
Bashara
is
charged
with
solicitation
of
murder
in the
death of
his wife
Jane
Bashara.
He is
accused
of
paying
handyman
Joe
Gentz to
kill his
wife and
then
later
attempting
to have
Gentz
killed
before
the case
goes to
trial.
Finally
in a
surprise
move,
Wayne
County
Assistant
Prosecutor
Lisa
Lindsey
told the
court
that
transcripts
and
material
with
witnesses
names
had been
left
unattended;
she
requested
contempt
of court
citation
again
David
Griem.
Griem
admitted
sharing
materials
with
Bashara’s
mother;
the
Judge
said
this was
a
violation
of the
law
which
states
that
case
materials
should
not be
disclosed
to any
third
parties.
A
showcase
hearing
will be
held
next
week.
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