A former New York TV executive accused in the gruesome beheading his estranged wife has been granted permission to act as his own defense lawyer for the rest of his murder trial.

In a reversal Monday, a judge allowed Muzzammil Hassan to take over as lead counsel from attorney Jeremy Schwartz. The two have been at odds over Hassan's defense since the trial began in Buffalo last week. Schwartz will stay on to help.

Judge Thomas Franczyk initially denied Hassan's request, but relented when Schwartz brought up their differences again Monday.

Hassan is accused of killing his 37-year-old wife Aasiya Hassan inside the offices of Bridges TV, the Muslim-oriented television station the couple founded to counter negative images of Muslims after the Sept. 11 attacks.

She was very much aware of the potential ramification her filing for divorce might have," said attorney Elizabeth DiPirro, whose law firm, Hogan Willig, represented Aasiya Hassan in divorce proceedings. "But she wanted to proceed despite the potential for it to erupt."

DiPirro said the couple had "physical confrontations off and on" for their entire eight-year marriage that had escalated to death threats. The grounds for divorce were "cruel and inhuman treatment," DiPirro said, referring to multiple prior incidents of abuse.

"We were worried about the situation becoming volatile," DiPirro said.

New York Judge Allows Beheading Suspect to Be Own Attorney - FoxNews.com

You know what they say, "An Attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client." Expecially on something as serious as this!

Has that EVER worked out in cases like this (murder)?

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Who the heck is that?

Seems these cases just turn into a circus when they rep themselves.

Looked him up and it says he's in prison for a very long time. Not much of a success story there.

For a previous murder charge. He, as a pro se defendant, eliminated a charge of murder.

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Hassan preached acceptence of Muslims and claimed to be a moderate.

Also:THIS is a fine example of why I don't trust Muslims.

Islam is a dangerous religion. Sharia Law is particularly dangerous and cruel.
I feel very sorry for the women and female children of this socio-political "religion".

In fact, it's a form of govt and control more than a religion.

Because non-muslims don't ever abuse and kill their spouses, right?

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Oh wait, oh wait, this is fun!! I can call names too!!

You said THIS was a fine example of why you don't trust Muslims, jerkoff. The example being that a man killed his wife for filing for divorce, cumquat. Given that countless men kill their wives in the US for varying reasons that have nothing to do with Muslims, I posed the question I did about why THIS situation was such a "fine example", retard.

While I find the situation ironic, it's hardly a "fine example" of why one should distrust Muslims, twit.

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