Sentencing of Indian student postponed till Saturday

Yoshita Singh
Chicago, Dec 11 (PTI) A US court Friday postponed till
Saturday the sentencing of Indian Institute of Technology(IIT)
alumnus Vikram Buddhi, who has been in prison since 2006 for
posting hate messages against the then President George W
Bush.

Senior Judge James T Moody postponed the sentencing
till Saturday after seven hours hearing, saying there are
certain other legal issues that need to be addressed.
38-year-old Phd student of Purdue University, Buddhi
fired his lawyer and represented himself during the hearing.
Buddhi appeared in an Indiana court near here and said
he wants to fire his lawyer Arlington Foley and would
"involuntarily represent himself".
Literally fighting his own battle, Buddhi said Foley
"did not discuss the case properly with him but only touched
upon some issues superficially. He also did not discuss with
me what he is going to present in court and did not do any
meaningful research".
Foley was the second attorney appointed for Buddhi in
June 2009 after he removed his first lawyer. Foley, however,
said "in my opinion we have discussed the case".
The indictment alleged that Buddhi made threats
against the then US president, Vice President Dick Cheney and
their wives, and called for bombings of US infrastructure.
Buddhi, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and shackled
at the legs, informed the court that he could never reach his
lawyer over phone and had left a message with Foley's
secretary that he did not want him to be his lawyer any more.
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