07 May 2003

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Attacking a Defendant by requiring the defense attorney to turn over his billing records even though they have nothing to do with the charges.


This may be legal but it's shameful. It is an obvious ploy meant to deny the Defendant his choice of counsel or at least drive a wedge between him and his attorney. And possibly a way to attack disfavored attorneys (or ones who are just too succesful).

I'm curious as to whether any prosecutor has an ethics complaint filed against him for this sort of thing.

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