Does anyone know where he has been funding all his defense expenses from, and how much firepower is left there? If you’d merely be funging with his own assets, the Bank of Mom & Dad, or a D&O insurance policy, the giving would be rather ineffective.
He has to have been paying the bills, else it is unlikely new sentencing stage counsel would have signed up.
If trial counsel were somewhat competent, they already know what their best chances on appeal would be. Appeals are done on the record generated below, so the marginal returns to extra $ are likely minimal beyond a certain point.
Does anyone know where he has been funding all his defense expenses from, and how much firepower is left there? If you’d merely be funging with his own assets, the Bank of Mom & Dad, or a D&O insurance policy, the giving would be rather ineffective.
He has to have been paying the bills, else it is unlikely new sentencing stage counsel would have signed up.
If trial counsel were somewhat competent, they already know what their best chances on appeal would be. Appeals are done on the record generated below, so the marginal returns to extra $ are likely minimal beyond a certain point.