“This court set very clear ground rules as to how communication between this court and the parties was to proceed in effort to make the proceedings much more focused, efficient and respectful than they have ever been in the past. The defendant indicated that he understood these terms,” McHale wrote in the order. “Nevertheless, within minutes, this defendant continued to interrupt this court and also gave evasive answers to very direct questions in an effort to distract, confuse and delay the proceedings as he done regularly throughout these proceedings.”
