Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Appoint New Counsel After Client Stabs One

A rape defendant in Mass. stabbed his attorney in the face and chest with a weapon made out of a piece of Plexiglas. The judge asked the lawyer to withdraw from representation so he could appoint another lawyer. And they're beefing up security for this defendant -- when he attacked his lawyer, he was wearing leg irons. Judge Wants New Counsel for Man Accused of Stabbing Lawyer, AP (law.com), March 1, 2007.

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