Two for Two
My client's sister and I were discussing the cost/benefit of trial/plea (with client's permission, of course) when she asked me of I was a public defender or a lawyer - I told her "both."
A little while later, Janet overheard her speaking to their mom, giving a decent account of me, noting:
My advice to my client was to take the 12 years , out after 35% rather than rolling the dice on 10-to-life and having to serve 98%. But hey, all I've got to do is convince 12 people that the cop is lying about seeing my guy throw the bag 'o drugs. I've actually got something to work with on this case, but my guy's risking a lot to find out if its enough.
Jack
A little while later, Janet overheard her speaking to their mom, giving a decent account of me, noting:
"He's good, mama, he's a public defender and a lawyer!"
My advice to my client was to take the 12 years , out after 35% rather than rolling the dice on 10-to-life and having to serve 98%. But hey, all I've got to do is convince 12 people that the cop is lying about seeing my guy throw the bag 'o drugs. I've actually got something to work with on this case, but my guy's risking a lot to find out if its enough.
Jack
posted by Gideon's Guardians at Saturday, May 26, 2007
2 Comments:
Do you really think the cop is lying? If not, that ain't too ethical, now is it? Think about it this way--if the cop isn't lying and you suggest that he is, isn't that just as bad as the cop deciding to get a little payback?
Cops lie..regularly and fluently.
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