PCR Exhibits - Alaska State of Corruption

defense and should promptly comply with reasonable requests
for information.
(b) Defense counsel should explain developments in the case
to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to
make informed decisions regarding the representation.
Brent never informed me that the deal was going to be
broken when he knew it was going to be for 5 days previous,
when he knew we had already spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars on it and we were continuing to spend thousands
more on it. He lied to 7 of us that he had “just found out
bad news from Scot Leaders” when in fact he had known about
the bad news for 5 days. There is no doubt that Brent Cole
wanted to apply as much pressure on me without giving me
enough time to think so that I would cave in for and give
the State a ($90,000.00 plane) in addition to what I had
already given them. If Brent Cole had given me the 5 days
to think about it I very likely would have consulted with
another attorney, asked friends what to do, and looked at
the law myself. But after we had already driven to
Anchorage and had flown in people from as far away as
Illinois Brent Cole knew I could not do these things. He
knew I would not have any time to do any research or call
anyone. He lied to us that he couldn't enforce the Rule 11
Agreement or that we had every right to require both him
and Prosecutor Scot Leaders to honor it. This might have
"pissed Leaders off" and if you remember Brent Cole told me
in front of witnesses that he couldn't piss Leaders off.
How can he possibly represent me under these circumstances
I have him telling me on tape that he cannot fight the
Prosecution because he has to make deals with them on the
future. Brent Cole told me the State could publish
everything we told them during plea negotiations and all
the national newspapers and that was "how it was done".
How in the name of God could I have a fair trial if these
plea negotiations fell through after this had been
published nationwide
Standard 4-4.1 Duty to Investigate
(a) Defense counsel should conduct a prompt investigation
of the circumstances of the case and explore all avenues
leading to facts relevant to the merits of the case and the
penalty in the event of conviction. The investigation
should include efforts to secure information in the
possession of the prosecution and law enforcement
authorities. The duty to investigate exists regardless of
the accused's admissions or statements to defense counsel
of facts constituting guilt or the accused's stated desire
to plead guilty. Brent Cole told me and my wife when we
came into his office the first time that this was a huge
case, that the Governor had already been informed about it
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