Ineffective self-defense.

I read about this this morning.  It's yet another example of trying to use any method available to get out from accepting responsibility for your actions.

A judge didn't buy an East St Louis man's argument Thursday that his robbery conviction should be overturned beccause he ineffectively represented himself in court.

Carlos Leggs, 27, represented himself at trial and at his sentencing, where he recieved a 25 year prison terms for breaking into the home of an Alton, Il couple and robbing them at gunpoint.

The judge imposed the sentence after Leggs' unsuccessfully argued his conviction should be overturned because he had ineffective legal representation.  He said he had received ineffective representation early in the pendency of his case while he had an attorney, so he fired the attorney and took over his own defense. 

"When I took over,I was ineffective" he said....despite having bragged to jurors during the trial in June that he had "done a fine job" of representing himself.

Before imposing sentence, the judge called Leggs' argument "disingenious".

I'll say.