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Criminal Defense Attorney Rights Relating to Client Perjury

By Walin & Klarich

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What is a criminal defense attorney to do when the attorney believes that their client may "lie" when he or she testifies? A criminal defense attorney has an obligation to present his clients defense aggressively and at all times to make certain that his clients? rights are protected. Many lawyers believe that they have an ethical obligation to withdraw from the defense of their client if they believe that their client is likely to give false testimony in a court proceeding. The Court of Appeal recently in People vs. Bolton made it clear that a lawyer may not legally withdraw from their defense of a client in such a situation. There are two different and important ways that this issue may arise in a case. What if I believe my client may commit perjury?continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on October 03, 2008 (boomark / email).

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