Keenya - affidavit of her defense attorney

 affidavit of attny reed

 affidavit of keenya curry

 Following her imprisonment 11 Aug 1998, defense attorney James K Reed told Keenya that he would handle her appeal. However, once she got to prison, Reed stopped communicating with her - would not respond to her telephone calls or letters.

The reason is that in September 1998, Reed petitioned the Court to replace him which they did in October 1999 with attorney Susan Vogel. Keenya learned of Vogel's appointment by letter from her.

Reed supplied Vogel with his affidavit where-in he expresses his 'mea-culpa' stating that he gave ineffective counsel to Keenya. Too bad that Reed lied in this affidavit about his role and what the Plea Agreement actually was which he conveyed to Keenya.

A Court concerned with justice would have ordered an Evidentiary Hearing the delve into the discrepancies between what Keenya, her defense attorney, and the prosecutor all state was their understanding of the Plea Agreement. It is also unfortunate (though, I believe by deliberate design) that Plea Agreements in Ohio do not have to be in writing; however the Rule 11 Colloquy requires that the Plea Agreement be stated in open court (i.e. during the Plea Hearing) for obvious reasons, one of which is exactly the 'he said, she said' that is part and parcel of Keenya's case.

The Prosecutor's response brief was to heap praise upon Reed by saying what a great negotiator Reed was to have got the State to drop (31) counts his client. The State's position was self-serving by essentially painting Reed as Keenya's hero because he saved Keenya from the Wrath of the Prosecutor.

Talk about a good old boys & girls club! But it's the poor defendants who suffer the injustices.

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