Lishan Wang just called the bluff of bar regulators, although no one yet seems to realize it. The 47-year-old physician is insisting on representing himself against charges that he shot and killed a colleague in Branford. He has been appointed a public defender as stand-by counsel to assist him with court procedure.
There’s nothing all that unusual about this. Folks have a right to represent themselves at trial, and, in such cases, the court routinely appoints standby counsel to assure orderly proceedings.
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