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MD lawyers testify to dispel claims of witness tampering

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In two cases, Maryland lawyers have been ordered to testify to dispel claim by witnesses of tampering. Today's Baltimore Sun: 'Street justice' seeps into court strategy / Accusations link defense lawyers to defendants' culture: In two trials this week, Baltimore defense attorneys took the witness stand to defend themselves against allegations of witness tampering -- evidence, prosecutors say, of some attorneys' willingness to push the boundaries by playing into the city's "street justice" culture. Friday, a judge ruled that a jury can hear testimony from a prosecution witness who said defense attorney Leslie Stein urged him to change his story, telling him that "people don't last long when they snitch." Baltimore Circuit Judge Timothy Doory said he didn't necessarily believe the witness, Christopher Meadows, over the 35-year veteran attorney, who denied the allegations...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on August 09, 2008 (boomark / email).