Nancy Garrido is seen with her attorney, Gilbert Maines, during a brief court appearance at the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Garrido and her husband, Phllip, are facing charges on the 1991 kidnap and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
A state appeals judge has blocked a lower court judge's order to remove Nancy Garrido's lawyer from her case. Nancy Garrido and her husband, Phillip Garrido, are charged with kidnpapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years.
An El Dorado Superior Court Judge had ordered attorney Gilbert Maines off Nancy Garrido's case after witnesses said he had discussed loudly at a country club about a movie and book deal on the case. Garrido said she wanted Maines to stay on her case. On Wednesday, November 25, the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento set aside the lower court's decision.
Maines denied the allegation about discussing the case or possible book or movie deals and provided his own witnesses to back him up.
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