It has to be some common sense.

It has to be some common sense.

Yes, sir. They have the car stopped in jammed in the garage, Michael Byzer.

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You know, this Richard Allen case, he just, a new, sort of a breaking bit of news is that he wrote a letter or petition to the court requesting counsel.

And apparently, in his words, he had no idea how much attorneys cost.

I guess now he knows.

So he penned a jailhouse letter saying his wife is in hiding and he is at the mercy of the court.

So Richard Allen charged with the 2017 Delphi Murders has penned jailhouse letter,

claiming that his wife has been forced into hiding and that he is now at the mercy of the court.

Richard Allen, age 50, sent a handwritten letter to the Carroll Circuit Court and those

associated begging the court to appoint him a public defender to represent him as he face his trial

for the murders of Libby German and Abby Williams.

And the letter obtained by the independent, Mr. Allen revealed that his wife, Kathy,

has been forced to leave both her job and a couple's home in Delphi for her own safety.

And the cause listed above, I Richard M. Allen, hereby throw myself at the mercy of the court.

I am begging to be provided with legal assistance and a public

defender or whatever help is available, he writes. Mr. Allen previously told the court that he didn't

need a public defender because he planned to hire his own legal team. But the fifth-year-old said

that at the time he had no clue how much attorney costs

could be. At my initial hearing on October 28th, 2022, I asked to find representation for myself.

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