A Pittsburgh man ignored his lawyer’s advice, took the witness stand — and sealed his conviction on a first-degree murder charge, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
This story is worth a read. The newspaper reports that Timothy Lee Williams engaged in bizarre braggadocio on the witness stand, “swiftly torpedoed” his lawyer’s defense strategy and then blamed the lawyer.
The prosecutor “could barely contain his glee” after listening to Williams testify on his own behalf, the newspaper reports.
Read the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette account of a man who ignored his lawyer’s advice and took his defense into his own hands.