Dear Honorable Judge Merryday,
Your Honor, please excuse my naïveté as I seek your assistance. I feel I have no other recourse available to me at this time. On May 9th, 2000, my state mandated attorneys, John Tomasino and Linda McDermott, violated my trust when they argued, before the Florida Supreme Court, a diminished capacity defense during Oral Arguments. It is my belief that this was a deliberate and wanton action on their part to prejudice my innocence issues, since I have adamantly maintained my innocence of any kind of murder for over 18 years.
After receiving the enclosed copy of the letter from Linda McDermott on
December 30th, 2000, telling me of the Florida Supreme Court’s
refusal to grant a rehearing, I now feel compelled to dismiss both Ms. McDermott
and Mr. Tomasino from my case, and to file against them with the Florida Bar.
Because of this, I find myself begging this Court not to accept any motions
filed by them on my behalf, and to extend any deadlines while holding my Habeas
in abeyance until this court takes into consideration appointing me Pro Bono
appellate counsel, or until I can obtain private counsel on my own. I will be
adding a copy of this letter, and other pertinent information to my website:
http://www.zafu.demon.co.uk/milorose/milorose.htm
at which time it will be posted to the Florida Bar Association, American Bar
Association, and as many other places as possible, to inform them about my case,
its situation, and to seek Pro Bono advocacy.
It is not my intent to seek to prolong my case, or to delay this court
from ruling on my issues. My fear of Ms. McDermott’s and Mr. Tomasino’s
actions to further prejudice my innocence issues is real. My prayer is that this
Court will intervene to protect my Constitutional Rights.
Thank you for your time, and consideration.
Respectfully,
Milo Rose