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Kuehne conspiracy charge dismissed by court; case in shambles

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

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A federal judge in Miami today threw out the conspiracy charge against Ben Kuehne. See Miami-Herald's breaking news: Judge strikes key charge against Miami lawyer Kuehne: A federal judge in Miami on Monday threw out the central conspiracy charge against prominent South Florida lawyer Ben Kuehne, who faces trial next month on charges of laundering drug-trafficking profits for legal fees. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke's ruling shatters the foundation of the federal government's case against Kuehne. He was indicted earlier this year after vouching for a Colombian kingpin's $5.2 million in legal payments to his defense attorney, Roy Black, in a cocaine-trafficking case in 2001-03. Cooke ruled that a congressional exemption in the money-laundering statute for lawyers' legal fees applied to Kuehne, saying it was critical to a defendant's right to counsel under the Constitution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).

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