Testimony Follows Hassan Threat to Leave ; Reluctantly Continues After Seeking E-Mail

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In his first show of temper since being allowed to serve as his own lawyer early last week, Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan threatened to abandon his own murder trial if Erie County Court Judge Thomas P. Franczyk did not permit a large number of his e-mails to be entered as evidence right away.

Hassan was in the midst of pleading and arguing with the judge while media representatives and members of the public were still being seated after a nearly hourlong wait in the corridor Monday afternoon.

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Testimony Follows Hassan Threat to Leave ; Reluctantly Continues After Seeking E-Mail

"Say no more until you take the stand," Franzcyk firmly reprimanded the defendant.

"May I leave, your honor?" he responded.

Franczyk told Hassan in stark terms that should he leave the courtroom, his former def...

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