A murder defendant’s trial scheduled for Monday was postponed indefinitely after the man asked that a new defense lawyer be appointed to his case.
Lamont Jones, 18, had indicated unhappiness with defense lawyer Jeffrey Crowther during a previous court appearance when he turned down a prosecutorial plea offer to settle his case. On Monday morning, Mr. Crowther formally told a judge in Lucas County Common Pleas Court that Jones had asked him to withdraw.
Judge Stacy Cook asked Jones whether he might accept, as an alternative that might keep his case moving, the appointment as a second-chair defense lawyer, a younger attorney, to whom he might better relate. Jones said he could work with that lawyer but still wanted Mr. Crowther to stop representing him…