Michael Barker

"She said ‘Daddy, make it stop,"' Weaver's lawyer, Michael Barker, said in describing the letter.

At a pre-trial hearing Thursday, defense lawyer Michael Barker, prosecutor Ani Yardumian and Judge Daniel Murphy agreed on trial dates of Jan. 10-24, 2005.
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Barker is defending Ward Weaver, an Oregon City man accused of killing two teen girls.

"She said 'Daddy, make it stop,"' Weaver's lawyer, Michael Barker, said in describing the letter.

"She said 'Daddy, make it stop,"' Weaver's lawyer, Michael Barker, said in describing the letter.

Weaver's attorney, Michael Barker, says Weaver's daughter wrote a poignant letter and expressed enormous pain.

After the hearing, Weaver's attorney Michael Barker told reporters that his client changed his plea to guilty after receiving a letter from his 15-year-old daughter, Mallori, saying, "Daddy, make it stop."Barker reportedly said Weaver received the letter two or three weeks ago.
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The Tribune was unable to reach Barker and Weaver's other attorney, Peter Fahy, by press time.

Weaver's defense attorneys - Michael Barker and Peter Fahy - filed a motion to delay the trial, saying that Weaver was mentally unable to assist in his own defense.

Weaver's attorneys - Michael Barker and Peter Fahy - had filed a motion saying their client was mentally unable to assist in his own defense.
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Barker and Fahy withdrew their motion before the hearing began, however.
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• Barker and Fahy have asked to be removed from the case because of an ethical conflict of interest with Weaver.
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• Barker and Fahy also have asked to have the trial moved out of Clackamas County because of pretrial publicity.

Weaver's attorney, Michael Barker, said Mallori Weaver wrote a poignant letter to her father in prison and expressed enormous pain.