James Pietragallo

And they say, no, thank you.

Back there again.

So he's denied that.

1988, the 8th U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal judge to determine whether Thomas Winford Simmons was ineffectively represented by his former attorneys.

OK, now let's get into this shit.

They said the the same public defenders who represented Simmons, therefore cross-examined principal witness James Davis, had been representing Davis on a criminal charge of his own when Davis offered them his testimony.

So that's what we're talking about now.

Stuff about James Davis, they said, Davis was not unknown to Settle at the time of Simmons' trial.

This is right from the court document.

August 5th through 19th, 81, that's when the trial is.

On December 30th, 80, Settle had been appointed to represent Davis on a felony charge of theft by deception.

At the time he was appointed in municipal court, Settle talked to Davis for about two minutes.

In a second conversation occurring between December 30th and January 8th, sometime in there,

Seta learned about Davis's record as a Vietnam veteran and that he was taking lithium.

He may have learned that Davis had a service-connected discharge, but he did not recall obtaining this information from him.

Cross-examination of Davis at the trial, Settle questioned Davis about his court-martial in Vietnam but did not recall how he obtained that information.

So they said he also cross-examined Davis about a conviction in Memphis.

Settle said he's almost sure he obtained this information through discovery, not from knowing it because he's his client.

He also had an FBI rap sheet on Davis.