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TCDLA Protests Search of Attorney's Office

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"Search adds twist to Frisco murder-for-hire case," is the headline in the Dallas Morning News.  The report is written by Ed Housewright.  LINKThe highly unusual search of a defense attorney's offices at the request of the prosecution has triggered a vigorous legal fight in a lurid Frisco murder-for-hire case. Attorneys for Mark Lyle Bell ? with support from the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association ? accuse the Collin County district attorney's office of violating attorney-client privilege. "I think it's unconscionable," said David Schulman of Austin, one of the attorneys for Mr. Bell, who is accused of being the triggerman. Prosecutors in the death penalty case defend the search, saying they had strong indications the defense was hiding evidence, including the boots Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 28, 2008 (boomark / email).