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2002-06-03

News flash: Common sense appears briefly in courtroom...

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-06-03 08:00 am|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the WashPost article says that Mr. Lawyer died in the 90's....retry this SOB though, shouldn't be hard...he admitted to the crime, but now (wonder of wonders!) denies it and says someone else did the stabbing

Posted by Frank G 2002-06-03 10:56:05|| 2002-06-03 10:56:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I have my J.D., though I don't practice law, and I have to say that sleeping on the job during your client's trial is about as blatant a violation of legal ethics (yes, there _is_ such a thing!) and lawyers' codes of professional responsibility as I can think of. This kind of professional misconduct - what would you think if your ophthalmologist were to sneak off for a nice long nap in the middle of a Lasix procedure on your corneas? - ought to have resulted in the original trial being voided and a new trial ordered pronto. I think someone ought to take a good hard look at the judge, too, who allowed counsel to nod off in his court during proceedings.

Posted by Joe 2002-06-03 14:34:59|| 2002-06-03 14:34:59|| Front Page Top

06:56 Fred
16:45 RG Fulton
14:34 Joe
10:56 Frank G
09:58 Sekimori
09:13 Dawson