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Is this bizarro world?

By Shawn Matlock

Imagine you are a criminal defense attorney representing a person accused of capital murder. This is no easy task. You have a lot of work to do, and it is not likely to be an easy adventure. After all, the State of Texas, in all its majesty, has determined your client should be killed for what he/ she allegedly did. Now imagine you get a subpoena. Not as a witness. Not as anything other than being the lawyer who represents the capital murder defendant. Imagine the grand jury "investigating" the case wants to see all of your records and files on the case. Yeah, I know. It seems this very retarded idea came to a Collin County grand jury in February of this year. McKinney criminal defense attorney Ken Gore, who represents a person accused of capital murder was served a subpoena by the Collin County grand jury...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).