Word: hallinans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...defense went wrong when the Hearsts fired San Francisco Lawyer Terrence Hallinan and imported Bailey from Boston. He underestimated the San Francisco level of sophistication when he adopted the line about the poor little blonde and the big bad black in the deep dark closet...
Before Bailey was hired by the Hearsts, he had to be accepted by Patty, who gave her quick approval after talking to him in jail. At the time, the defense was headed by Vincent Hallinan, 71, long a successful defender of radicals. But the elder Hallinan was in the process of relinquishing his position to his son, Terence Hallinan, 38, who is cut in Bailey's aggressive mold...
Then young Hallinan quit...
Patty's local attorneys, John Knutson and Terence Hallinan, left no doubt about their own view of the girl. In a declaration filed with Federal Judge Oliver J. Carter, they declared that she was "a mentally and emotionally disturbed young woman, who is either emerging from or about to fall into a nervous breakdown." In their consultations with her, they said, "she appeared disorganized, flat and listless in her accounts, and vacillating in her attitude toward her parents and lawyers involved in the case. She seemed to have no idea of the gravity of her position." They said...
Opposing this array of high-priced talent will be a team of three federal prosecutors headed by U.S. Attorney James Browning, 42, a tall, thin man who is as dignified in court as K.O. Hallinan and Bailey are flamboyant. Browning is highly regarded in San Francisco for his skill and experience as a prosecutor-he has tried close to 200 jury cases. When he saw the Hearst case coming, he reserved it for himself. Says Browning: "I can't wait to get Patty Hearst on the stand...