A public defender who voiced concerns in a courtroom that he might be arrested will not be subject to a criminal investigation, his lawyer said. But Michael Courtney’s experience, which has drawn national legal media attention, has defense attorneys rallying to his cause.
“My weekend was ruined because I was worried about being arrested,” Courtney told state Superior Court Judge John Blawie in mid-February. Courtney, Danbury’s chief public defender, is defending Richard Roszkowski, who is facing the death penalty for killing a child and two adults. “I can’t sleep at night because I don’t know what [members of the state attorney's office] are going to cook up, and that’s not fair to my client.”
