We should have listened to many of you who felt Mark’s
attorneys, Rod Carter and Randall Craig, did not have Mark’s best interest in
mind. I was even recently told by an
attorney that the rumors are that they padded their invoices. In other words, billed
the County for work on Mark’s case that was never performed. I can tell you that jail visits that were reported
and billed by Randy were false, that Mark did not see Randy on at least 11
visits Randy charged the County.
Below is a link to a July Phoenix New Times article by Paul
Ruben on two Maricopa County court appointed attorneys who are caught fleecing the
system and not providing services they billed for. First mentioned, Nathaniel Carr, who attended
ASU with and now offices with Rod Carter.
The other man in the article caught padding his billing is Steve
Johnson. Steve Johnson was also Mark’s mitigation attorney. I guess this explains why none of the nearly
60 names of friends and family provided to Steve for the mitigation hearings,
were never contacted.
I also guess this is why Mark spent 5 years in jail with
rarely a visit from Randy or Rod or Steve. That calls Mark made to each of
them, resulted in Mark being placed on hold for 20-30 minutes until Mark would
finally hang up; billing opportunities for the guys since the County wouldn’t
have known there was never a conversation, just Mark sitting on hold. I guess
this is why not a single alibi witness for Mark was researched, looked up or
interviewed by Rod or Randy. I guess
this is why the court appointed investigator for Mark’s case, was shunned by
both Rod and Randy, cast aside and not utilized. I guess this is why Rod and
Randy waited nearly a year to try to access Mark’s cell tower location records;
this only after Mark and I repeatedly badgered them to submit the subpoena. We could go on and on.
No wonder Rod and Randy rested without giving Mark a
defense. How could they have provided a defense when they did absolutely
nothing for Mark? Nothing. I doubt they
even read the police reports.
Mark spent 5 years in jail - so their billing opportunities
could be dragged on and on. They both
made nearly a million dollars off of Mark’s back.
Here’s the article below it states Nathaniel Carr was the
highest paid court appointed attorney in Maricopa County, and right behind him
in 2nd and 3rd place – Rod Carter and Randall Craig, Mark’s
attorneys. Click here are copy and paste the link below into your browser -
