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Figueroa will be his own attorney. |
Superior Court Judge William Cook is the one who gave Figueroa permission to represent himself. Ralph Kramer, the attorney that the Public Defender's Office assigned to Figueroa, will be present at the trial in case he is needed, but it will be Figueroa that's doing all the work.
Figueroa, who dropped out of high school in ninth grade, said he understands the risk he is taking.
"I intend to prove my innocence. It's a risk I'm willing to take. It falls on me," he was quoted as saying in a Courier-Post article.
"He knows the possibility of going to jail for the rest of his life if the jury comes down against him," Kramer said in the same article. "Should he trip and should he fall, he may never get up, and he understands that."
When asked how he planned to prepare for the trial, Figueroa said he planned to study both the state's rules on court proceedings and his previous trial. He said he would be doing his research in Camden County Jail's law library.
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