Acting as his own defence counsel, Castro cited Martí as the intellectual author of the attack and convinced the three judges to overrule the army's decision to keep all defendants handcuffed in court, proceeding to argue that the charge with which they were accused—of "organizing an uprising of armed persons against the Constitutional Powers of the State"—was incorrect, for they had risen up against Batista, who had seized power in an unconstitutional manner
Podziyimira yekha pa mlandu, Castro adatchula kuti Martí ndi amene anayambitsa chiwembucho ndipo anawauza  ndikuwakhutitsa ndiuthenga omwe udapangitsa oweruza atatuwo atembenuze chigamulo chonena kuti asilika anthu onse amene akuimbidwa mlanduwo akhalebe omangidwa mmanja mu;bwalo lamilandulo, n’kunena kuti mlandu umene anaimbidwa mlanduwo ndi wakuti ‘anakonza zoti anthu amene akuimbidwa mlanduwo amangidwe. kuwukira kwa anthu okhala ndi zida zotsutsana ndi mphamvu za malamulo a boma' -zinali zolakwika, chifukwa adawukira Batista, yemwe adalanda mphamvu mophwanya malamulo