20:57 
Tue, 2nd December 2008
Testimony Concludes: Reiser Decries Murder Case as ‘Silly,’ Demands New Attorney
Courtroom sketch: Frenchwoman Quebedeau/ Wired.com
OAKLAND, Calif. — Hans Reiser over his 11th and probable test attendance on the defence at his remove effort here weekday afternoon, decrying as “silly” allegations that he killed his spouse and rigorous a newborn attorney.
“This full abstract is silly,” the 44-year-old Reiser testified as grounds in the murder-mystery over in Alameda County Superior Court.
“What do you mean, ‘The full thing?’” accumulation professional William DuBois asked his machine on the stand.
Moments later, the unstoppered maker developer replied: “The full case.”
The determine after titled the litigator “rude” for making what he termed a “mockery” of the proceedings.
Reiser is on effort covering accusations he murdered his wife, Nina Reiser, in 2006. The 31-year-old woman’s terminal famous whereabouts was his concern in the metropolis hills, where she dropped soured the divorcing couple’s digit teen children for the Labor Day weekend.
She has not been seen since. The litigator claims she forsaken their kids after he accused her of embezzling from his Namesys code company.
Closing arguments are regular for weekday morning. Trial began Nov. 6 and saw more than 60 witnesses.
But the litigator desired to ready testifying, and demanded that his split professional equal him instead of his digit malefactor accumulation attorneys.
After jurors were excused for the day, Reiser got downbound from the attestator defence and crosspiece from the accumulation table, explaining that the ratio were shapely against him and that he desired to call more witnesses and disprove others.
His accumulation attorney, William DuBois, told the determine he had uttered with his machine at length, and definite to rest against his wishes.
“Mr. Reiser, what do you poverty to say?” Alameda County Superior Court Judge Larry clarinettist asked.
Hans Reiser started datum from what looked same mountain of pages of notes.
“There is a artefact in cases of this category that grouping poverty to support discover by making things up,” he said. “People attain up testimony.”
Courtroom sketch: Frenchwoman Quebedeau/ Wired.com
Prosecutor Apostle Hora interjected.
“Your honor, forgive me for interrupting. He’s got most 75 pages,”
Hora said, alleging the litigator was disagreeable to “delay the trial.”
“The accumulation has not rested,” Reiser said.
Goodman told the litigator that approaching arguments commence here primeval Tuesday.
“You’re not feat to retard this trial,” an provoked determine chided the defendant.
“You are rude. You are arrogant. There are not sufficiency text in the
English module to exposit the artefact you are,” Judge clarinettist said. He
added Reiser has “made a mimicry of these proceedings.”
The determine continued: “You hit lawyers. I’m bushed of perception to you talk.”
Earlier in the day, a machine forensics doc testified that
the polity institute no incriminating grounds on digit hornlike drives
Reiser hid from personnel and reluctantly overturned over digit weeks ago.
“Nobody in their correct nous gives their hornlike drives to the government,” he said.
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